People ex rel. Crane v. Ahearn
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, C. Austin Crane, from an order of thé Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 27th day of March, 1908, denying an application for a peremptory or alternative writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to certify the relator’s bill for services rendered the city.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The petition alleges, and there is no" dispute of fact, that by chapter 6 of the revised ordinances of 1880 of the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of Hew York, which, in accordance with the provisions of section 41 of the revised charter (Laws of 1901, chap. 466) were in force on the 21st day of April, 1903, it was provided as follows* : Section 113. “ There shall be so many surveyors appointed for *796this city as the common council shall from time to time think proper, whose duty it shall be to assist the Commissioner of Public Works, Commissioners of the Department of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Buckbee v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Wardlaw v. . Mayor, Etc., New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Buckbee v. . Board of Education of City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- In re Application of MayorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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- People ex rel. McLaughlin v. PrendergastNew York Supreme Court · 1910
- McLaughlin v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- People ex rel. Crowell v. ConnollyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914