General
In the Matter of the Application of James V. Petrillo, Respondent, for a Mandamus Order against Denton Pearsall, Jr., and Others, Defendants, and David Cohn, George M. Percy, John K. Miller, William N. Allman and Clarence O. Peterson, as Aldermen and as Members of and Constituting the Common Council of the City of Mount Vernon, New York, Appellants
249 A.D. 778·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·1936·NY
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Opinion
In the Matter of the Application of James V. Petrillo, Respondent, for a Mandamus Order against Denton Pearsall, Jr., and Others, Defendants, and David Cohn, George M. Percy, John K. Miller, William N. Allman and Clarence O. Peterson, as Aldermen and as Members of and Constituting the Common Council of the City of Mount Vernon, New York, Appellants.
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Order denying the motion of the appealing defendants, as aldermen and constituting the common council of the city of Mount Vernon, to strike out their names as parties to a mandamus proceeding and to dismiss the proceeding as against them, affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements. No opinion. Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Davis and Adel, JJ., concur.