People ex rel. Duvall v. Cocks
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, James H. Cocks and others, comprising the town board, etc., from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered hi the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 5th day of March, 1914, directing the defendants, as members of the town board of the town of Oyster Bay, to pay to the relator $100 due one Edward J. Meehan, and also from a second order of said court, made at the Kings County Special Term and…
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Appeal by the defendants, James H. Cocks and others, comprising the town board, etc., from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered hi the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 5th day of March, 1914, directing the defendants, as members of the town board of the town of Oyster Bay, to pay to the relator $100 due one Edward J. Meehan, and also from a second order of said court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 28th day of March, 1914, denying defendants’ application…
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
The members of the town board of Oyster Bay appeal from an order of the Special Term of the Supreme Court directing that a peremptory writ of mandamus issue. The order as first entered directed that a peremptory writ issue requiring said board to forthwith pay to relator the sum of $100, the balance due Edward J. Meehan for services rendered to the board of *454assessors of the town of Oyster Bay as clerk during the year 1910, in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the electors of the town at a town meeting held November 4, 1913. Subsequently that order was resettled, directing that a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Browning v. BettisNew York Court of Chancery · 1841
- Dubois v. . CassidyNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Walker v. CramAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- Norcross v. HollingsworthNew York Supreme Court · 1894
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- In re the Estate of KaufmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
- People ex rel. Duvall v. CocksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916