People Ex Rel. French v. . Lyke
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 23,1899, aifirming an order of Special Term that a peremptory writ of mandamus issue, requiring James S. Lyke, as superintendent of the poor of the county of Tompkins, to issue his warrant on the county treasurer of Tompkins county for the payment to John B. French, as overseer of the poor of the city of Ithaca, of the sum of §71.75, with interest from May…
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 23,1899, aifirming an order of Special Term that a peremptory writ of mandamus issue, requiring James S. Lyke, as superintendent of the poor of the county of Tompkins, to issue his warrant on the county treasurer of Tompkins county for the payment to John B. French, as overseer of the poor of the city of Ithaca, of the sum of §71.75, with interest from May 21, 1898, said sum being the expense necessarily incurred in relief of certain poor persons claimed to be chargeable to…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The only question in this case is with respect to the settlement of certain poor persons in order to determine whether the expense incurred in extending public aid for their support is chargeable to the city of Ithaca or to the county of Tompkins. It appears that Mrs. Mary Giles and her three children are poor persons, and that the expense of' tliéir support is in whole or in part a public charge. The children are under sixteen years of age, and although they actually reside in Ithaca, they have, since April 11th, 1893, to October, 1897, been regarded and accepted by the county superintendent…
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