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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Thomas J. Percival et al., Appellants, v. J. Sergeant Cram et al., as Commissioners of Docks and Ferries of the City of New York, Respondents, 1899 — 158 N.Y. 666 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Thomas J. Percival et al., Appellants, v. J. Sergeant Cram et al., as Commissioners of Docks and Ferries of the City of New York, Respondents
158 N.Y. 666·New York Court of Appeals·1899·NY
All concur.
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Opinion
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Thomas J. Percival et al., Appellants, v. J. Sergeant Cram et al., as Commissioners of Docks and Ferries of the City of New York, Respondents.
(Argued January 9, 1899;
decided January 24, 1899.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered July 29, 1898, upon an order reversing an order of Special Term granting a peremptory writ of mandamus.
People ex rel. Percival v. Cram, 32 App. Div. 414, affirmed.
James M. Kerr for appellants.
Theodore Connoly for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment and order affirmed, with costs, on opinion below.
All concur.