William v. Mayor of New York
New York Court of Common Pleas
Trial of a controversy submitted on a case agreed upon. The statement of the facts contained in the case submitted was as follows: “I. That heretofore, and on the 6th day of April, 1865, the legislature of the State of New York duly passed an act known as chapter 296 of the Laws of 1865, of which section 2 provides as follows: “‘ § 2. The justices of the Supreme Court of the first judicial district, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to appoint, from time to time,…
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Trial of a controversy submitted on a case agreed upon. The statement of the facts contained in the case submitted was as follows: “I. That heretofore, and on the 6th day of April, 1865, the legislature of the State of New York duly passed an act known as chapter 296 of the Laws of 1865, of which section 2 provides as follows: “‘ § 2. The justices of the Supreme Court of the first judicial district, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to appoint, from time to time, as shall be necessary, a suitable person to discharge the duties of crier of the Supreme Court in the City and County of…
1Opinion of the Court
Larremore J.
By chapter 296 of the Laws of 1865 the justices of the Supreme Court for the first judicial department were authorized to appoint a crier of said court in the City and County of New York, whose compensation was to be fixed by the Board of Supervisors of said county. The justices, in pursuance of the authority thus conferred, appointed a crier whose qnnual salary was fixed by the Board of Supervisors at $2,500. The plaintiff was duly appointed to fill a vacancy thereafter occurring in said office, and has since continued to discharge its duties.
By the Consolidation Act (L. 1882 c.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kerrigan v. . ForceNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
3Cited by2 opinions
- People ex rel. Distler v. McGuireNew York Supreme Court · 1910
- Davidson v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1885