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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Henry H. Brewster, Appellant, v. The Old Guard of the City of New York et al., Respondents, 1904 — 178 N.Y. 576 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Henry H. Brewster, Appellant, v. The Old Guard of the City of New York et al., Respondents
178 N.Y. 576·New York Court of Appeals·1904·NY
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Henry H. Brewster, Appellant, v. The Old Guard of the City of New York et al., Respondents.
People ex rel. Brewster v. Old Guard, 87 App. Div. 478, affirmed.
(Argued March 15, 1904;
decided March 29, 1904.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 21, 1903," which reversed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel defendants to restore relator to membership in the Old Guard of the city of New York.
Oscar B. Thomas for appellant.
Asa Bird Gardiner for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Parker, Ch. J., Gray, O’Brien, IIaight, Martin, Cullen and Werner, JJ.