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The People of the State of New York ex rel. James Campbell, Appellant, v. John N. Partridge, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent, 1904 — 179 N.Y. 530 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. James Campbell, Appellant, v. John N. Partridge, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent
179 N.Y. 530·New York Court of Appeals·1904·NY
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Opinion
The People of the State of New York ex rel. James Campbell, Appellant, v. John N. Partridge, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent.
People ex rel. Campbell v. Partridge, 89 App. Div. 497, affirmed.
(Argued June 3, 1904;
decided June 17, 1904.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 23, 1904, which affirmed an order of Special Term .denying' a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendant to recognize the relator as a telegraph operator of the police department of the city of New York.
Ernest L. Crandall and Lee Phillips for appellant.
John L. Delany, Corporation Counsel (James D. Bell of counsel), for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Parker, Ch. J., Bartlett, Martin, Vann, Cullen and Werner, JJ. Absent: O’Brien, J.