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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Patrick H. O'Connor, Appellant, v. John F. Ahearn, as President of the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, Respondent, 1906 — 183 N.Y. 572 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Patrick H. O'Connor, Appellant, v. John F. Ahearn, as President of the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, Respondent
183 N.Y. 572·New York Court of Appeals·1906·NY
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Opinion
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Patrick H. O’Connor, Appellant, v. John F. Ahearn, as President of the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, Respondent.
(Argued January 8, 1906;
decided January 23, 1906.)
People ex rel. O'Connor v. Ahearn, 102 App. Div. 615, appeal dismissed.
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 20, 1905, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendant to reinstate the relator in the position of corporation inspector in the bureau of highways in the city of New York.
John W. Browne for appellant.
John J. Delany, Corporation Counsel (Theodore Connoly and William B. Crowell of counsel), for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal dismissed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., O’Brien, Haight, Yann, Werner, Willard Bartlett and Hisoook, JJ.