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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Rudolph C. Fuller, Appellant, v. Bird S. Coler, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Respondents, 1899 — 158 N.Y. 667 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Rudolph C. Fuller, Appellant, v. Bird S. Coler, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
158 N.Y. 667·New York Court of Appeals·1899·NY
All concur.
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Rudolph C. Fuller, Appellant, v. Bird S. Coler, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
(Argued January 10, 1899;
decided January 24, 1899.)
.Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered October 29, 1898, reversing an order of Special Term granting a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the comptroller and the mayor of the city of New York to draw and countersign a warrant for the salary of relator.
People ex rel. Fuller v. Coler, 33 App. Div. 617, affirmed.
John, McG. Goodale and William C. Wallace for appellant.
William J. Carr for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs, on opinion below.
All concur.