People ex rel. Dunphy v. Chaney
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Ceylon Gr. Chaney, as supervisor, from an order of the • County Court of St. Lawrence county, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 16th day of August, 1915, directing that a writ of peremptory mandamus issue herein to the appellant commanding him, to issue bonds of the town of Canton to the amount of $125.72.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The petition in this proceeding alleges that “ the petitioners were heretofore duly appointed such commissioners, by an order of the County Court made in the above entitled matter, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the lands in the above entitled matter should be drained,” and various other matters relating to a proceeding instituted under the provisions of the Drainage Law, and prays “ that an order may be made, directing the issue of a peremptory writ of mandamus, under the seal of this court, commanding Hon. Ceylon Gr. Chaney, as supervisor of the town of Canton, to…
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