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People ex rel. New York City Church Extension & Missionary Society v. Coler

168 N.Y. 644 Court N.Y. Decision date 1901-10-22 English

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The People of the State of New York ex rel. The New York City Church Extension and Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Appellant, v. Bird S. Coler, as Comptroller of the City of New York, Respondent.

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People ex rel. N. Y. City Church, etc., Socy. v. Coler, 60 App. Div. 77 , affirmed.
(Argued October 3, 1901;
decided October 22, 1901.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April
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25,1901, which reversed an order of Special Term granting the motion of relator for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the defendant- to pay an award made in a street opening proceeding together with interest on the same.
Ola/rence G. Ferris for appellant.
John Whalen, Corporation Counsel (Theodore Gonnoly John P. Dunn and Thomas O. Blake of counsel), for respondent.

Order affirmed, with costs, on the prevailing opinion below.

Concur: Parker, Ch. J., O’Brien, Bartlett, Haight, Martin, Yann and Landon, JJ.