Legal Opinion · Dissent
Matter of Larocca v. Flynn
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 15, 1931Published
1DissentCrane, J.
At the general election in 1929, Thomas F. Cosgrove was elected County Judge and Surrogate of Richmond county, for a term of fourteen years. (N. Y. State Const, art VI, § 11.) From the inception of our judicial system the office of County Judge and Surrogate in Richmond county has been filled by one judge performing the duties of County Judge and Surrogate. Shortly after Cosgrove took office the Board of Aldermen of New York city determined to take from him all powers of Surrogate, and thereupon on the 9th day of Jame, 1931, passed a resolution creating the office of Surrogate and providing…
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- Trustees of the Village of Saratoga Springs v. Saratoga Gas, Electric Light & Power Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1908
- People Ex Rel. Unger v. . KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Stanton v. . Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Matter of Adler v. VoorhisNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Prendergast v. CohalanNew York Supreme Court · 1917
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