People ex rel. McGrath v. Board of Supervisors

The relator held a bill for constable’s fees for conveying prisoners from Yonkers to the Albany penitentiary under a conventional arrangement between that institution and the board of supervisors of Westchester county. All the persons so transported were convicted by a court of special sessions in Yonkers of misdemeanors perpetrated within the boundaries of that city. At the annual meeting of the board of supervisors the bill of the relator was presented for audit and allowance, as a county charge, and was rejected by that body. Thereupon an application was made to the special term of the…