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In the Matter of the Application of Samuel C. Pierce, Appellant, for a Writ of Mandamus against Clarence F. Carroll, as Superintendent of the Public Schools of the City of Rochester, et al., Respondents, 1904 — 177 N.Y. 563 · caselaw · US
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In the Matter of the Application of Samuel C. Pierce, Appellant, for a Writ of Mandamus against Clarence F. Carroll, as Superintendent of the Public Schools of the City of Rochester, et al., Respondents
177 N.Y. 563·New York Court of Appeals·1904·NY
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In the Matter of the Application of Samuel C. Pierce, Appellant, for a Writ of Mandamus against Clarence F. Carroll, as Superintendent of the Public Schools of the City of Rochester, et al., Respondents.
Matter of Pierce, 88 App. Div. 620, affirmed.
(Argued January 6, 1904;
decided January 26, 1904.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered December 2, 1903, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the respondents to reinstate the relator as a principal of public schools in the city of Rochester.
John A. Bar hite for appellant.
William A. Sutherland for respondents. .
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Parker, Ch. J., O’Brien, Bartlett, Martin, Vann, Cullen and Werner, JJ.