People ex rel. Attorney General v. Mayor of New-York
New York Supreme Court
In April, 1840, the attorney general filed an information in the nature of a quo warranto against the defendants, for ^claiming and [ *10 ] exercising the office of judges of the county court in and for the city and county of New-York.
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In April, 1840, the attorney general filed an information in the nature of a quo warranto against the defendants, for ^claiming and [ *10 ] exercising the office of judges of the county court in and for the city and county of New-York. The defendants pleaded that in April, 1839, Isaac L. Varían was elected mayor, and the other defendants were at the same time elected aldermen of the city, one for each ward into which the city is divided, and that they all took the oath of office. They then set up the charter of the city granted in 1730, and the several acts of the colonial and state…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was delivered in the supreme court:
By the Court,
Bronson, J.
It is unnecessary to refer particularly to the ancient charters of the city, or to the several statutes passed by the colonial and state legislatures, conferring judicial powers upon the mayor and aider-men of the city of New-York. As there is no controversy upon that point, it is sufficient to say, that for more than a century immediately preceding the time of filing this information, the mayor and aldermen, of the city of New-York have been authorized by law to exercise, and have in fact exercised all the…
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