People Ex Rel. Geer v. Common Council of Troy
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third judicial department, affirming an order of Special Term which denied a motion for a writ of mandamus. The requirements of the writ asked for and the material facts appear in the opinion. The order denying the'application was re viewable. (People v. Common Council, 78 N. Y. 56.)
1Per curiam
An act of the legislature, passed May 20, 1880 (chap. 328, § é), required the common council of the city of Troy to elect, within ten days after the passage of that act, four persons as police commissioners, who should “ hold their office until the Tuesday succeeding the second Monday of November in the year 1880.” The act further provided that upon the last-named date the said common council should elect four police commissioners, two of whom should hold for a term of two years, and two for a term of four years. On the 27th day of May, 1880, a majority of the common council, in the absence…
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