People Ex Rel. Haughton v. . Andrews
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made the first ¡Monday- of October, 1886, which directed judgment in favor of the defendants upon a case submitted under section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure The facts agreed upon are set forth in substance in* the opinion. Commissioners of excise are State and not municipal officers.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made the first ¡Monday- of October, 1886, which directed judgment in favor of the defendants upon a case submitted under section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure The facts agreed upon are set forth in substance in* the opinion. Commissioners of excise are State and not municipal officers. (Laws of 1870, chap. 175; Laws of 1874, chap. 444; Laws of 1855, chap. 231; Laws of 1857, chap. 628; Laws of 1873, chap. 149; Laws of 1874, chap. 444; Laws of 1882, chap. 126; Laws of…
1Opinion of the CourtDanforth, J.
Upon a case submitted under section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure, it appeared that the relators Nicholas Haughton and John J. Morris, and one William P. Mitchell, were nominated to the board of aldermen of the city of New York, as commissioners of excise in the city of New York, by the mayor of that city, prior to the 1st day of May, 1883, pursuant to chapter 175 of the Laws of 1870, and the nominations duly confirmed by its board of aldermen; that the relators severally took the oath of office and duly qualified as such commissioners of excise, and entered upon the discharge of their…
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