People ex rel. Thompson v. Dalton — 65 N.Y.S. 1143

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p. 1143

PEOPLE ex rel. THOMPSON, Respondent, v. DALTON, Commissioner, Appellant.

(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.

June 8, 1900.)

Headnote

Application by the people, on the relation of Albert C. Thompson, for mandamus to William Dalton, commissioner of water supply of the city of New York. From an order granting a peremptory writ, defendant appeals. Affirmed. See 60 N. Y. Supp. 876 . Theodore Connoly, for appellant. Julius M. Mayer, for respondent.

The questions involved in this appeal are the same as those arising and disposed of in the case of People v. Dalton (decided herewith) 65 N. Y. Supp. 342 ; and, for the reasons stated in the opinion in that case, this order must be affirmed, with costs.

INGRAHAM, J., dissents.