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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Robert F. O'Connell, Appellant, v. Nicholas J. Hayes, as Fire Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent, 1907 — 187 N.Y. 534 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Robert F. O'Connell, Appellant, v. Nicholas J. Hayes, as Fire Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent
187 N.Y. 534·New York Court of Appeals·1907·NY
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Opinion
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Robert F. O’Connell, Appellant, v. Nicholas J. Hayes, as Fire Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent.
People ex rel. O’Connell v. Hayes, 111 App. Div. 925, affirmed.
(Submitted January 7, 1907;
decided January 22, 1907.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.in the first judicial department, entered February 23, 1906, which dismissed a writ of certiorari to review the proceedings of the defendant in dismissing the relator from the fire department of the city of New York and affirmed said proceedings.
Charles H. Collins for appellant.
John J. Delany, Corporation Counsel (Theodore Connoly and Royal E. T. Riggs of counsel), for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Edward T. Bartlett, Haight, Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett and Hiscock, JJ.