Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Albert Clements, Respondent, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus, Directed to William Williams, as Commissioner, etc., and Another. Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Brooklyn and Another, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1919-10
Citations: 189 A.D. 911
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Albert Clements, Respondent, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus, Directed to William Williams, as Commissioner, etc., and Another. Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Brooklyn and Another, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 189
Pages: 911–912

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Albert Clements, Respondent, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus, Directed to William Williams, as Commissioner, etc., and Another. Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Brooklyn and Another, Appellants.

Opinion:
Appeal dismissed, with costs, upon the ground that an order granting an alternative writ of mandamus is not appealable. (People ex rel. Levenson v. O'Donnel, 99 App. Div. 253; People ex rel. Mount Vernon Trust Co. v. Millard, 127 id. 77; People ex rel. Wilson v. African W. M. E. Church, 156 id. 386.) Jenks, P. J., Putnam, Blackmar, Kelly and Jaycox, JJ., concurred.