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The People of the State of New York ex rel. John A. Donnelly, Appellant, v. Frank Moss et al., Police Commissioners of the City of New York, Respondents, 1900 — 165 N.Y. 606 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. John A. Donnelly, Appellant, v. Frank Moss et al., Police Commissioners of the City of New York, Respondents
165 N.Y. 606·New York Court of Appeals·1900·NY
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Opinion
The People of the State of New York ex rel. John A. Donnelly, Appellant, v. Frank Moss et al., Police Commissioners of the City of New York, Respondents.
People ex rel. Donnelly v. Moss, 50 App. Div. 308, affirmed.
(Argued November 13, 1900;
decided December 4, 1900.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 22, 1900, dismissing a writ of certiorari and affirming the proceedings of the defendants in dismissing the relator from the position of patrolman on the police force of the city of New York.
Louis J. Grant for appellant.
John Whalen, Corporation Counsel (Theodore Connoly and Terence Farley of counsel), for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Parker, Ch. J., Gray, O’Brien, Haight, Landon, Cullen and Werner, JJ.