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People of the State of New York ex rel. Michael J. Howard, Respondent, v. Theodore Roosevelt et al., as Police Commissioners of the City of New York, Appellants, 1897 — 153 N.Y. 689 · caselaw · US
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People of the State of New York ex rel. Michael J. Howard, Respondent, v. Theodore Roosevelt et al., as Police Commissioners of the City of New York, Appellants
153 N.Y. 689·New York Court of Appeals·1897·NY
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Opinion
People of the State of New York ex rel. Michael J. Howard, Respondent, v. Theodore Roosevelt et al., as Police Commissioners of the City of New York, Appellants.
People ex rel. Howard v. Roosevelt, 15 App. Div. 401, affirmed.
(Submitted June 23, 1897;
decided October 5, 1897.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 10, 1897, which reversed, on certiorari, the determination of the police commissioners of the city of New York in removing the relator from the police force and reinstated him* in his office.
Francis M. Scott and Terence Farley for appellants.
George II. Bruce for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
All concur, except Gray, J., absent.