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The People ex rel. Theodore Balke, Respondent, v. Stephen B. French et al., Commissioners, etc., Appellants, 1890 — 123 N.Y. 660 · caselaw · US
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The People ex rel. Theodore Balke, Respondent, v. Stephen B. French et al., Commissioners, etc., Appellants
123 N.Y. 660·New York Court of Appeals·1890·NY
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The People ex rel. Theodore Balke, Respondent, v. Stephen B. French et al., Commissioners, etc., Appellants.
(Argued October 20, 1890;
decided December 2, 1890.)
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made June 6, 1890, which reversed a judgment of the board of police commissioners of the city of New York dismissing the relator from the police force.
David J. Dean for appellants.
Louis J. Grant for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Agree to dismiss appeal on authority of People ex rel. McCabe v. Bd. Fire Comrs. (106 N. Y. 257); no opinion.
All concur except Ruger, Ch. J., dissenting.
Appeal dismissed.