People ex rel. Brown v. Green
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from an order of this court made at special term, directing a peremptory writ of mandamus to issue. The relator moved for a mandamus upon affidavits showing-that he was a stationer, and had furnished hooks, stationery, printed calendars, etc., for the various courts and public offices in the city of New York, and that his bills for the same had been presented to the full board of supervisors, and audited and allowed by them at the sum of $6,927 02. That at the time of…
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Appeal from an order of this court made at special term, directing a peremptory writ of mandamus to issue. The relator moved for a mandamus upon affidavits showing-that he was a stationer, and had furnished hooks, stationery, printed calendars, etc., for the various courts and public offices in the city of New York, and that his bills for the same had been presented to the full board of supervisors, and audited and allowed by them at the sum of $6,927 02. That at the time of such allowance there existed appropriations of moneys sufficient to pay such amount, and enable the whole of it to be…
1Opinion of the Court
The court at special term delivered the following opinion:
Robinson, J.
I concur in the opinion of Judge Joseph F. Daly, in the People ex rel. Haskell v. Green, Comptroller, that the action of the board of supervisors in auditing and allowing •claims against the county for county charges, duly presen ted .and acted upon by that body, is final, and not subject to review by the .auditor of accounts, and that his and the comptroller’s action is confined to a mere examination and allowance of the proper vouchers, as affording satisfactory evidence of the nature of the claim, its presentation and…
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