Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Eugene R. Pommer, Respondent, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus against Henry S. Thompson, as Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity of the City of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1913-01-21
Citations: 207 N.Y. 684
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Eugene R. Pommer, Respondent, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus against Henry S. Thompson, as Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity of the City of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 207
Pages: 684–684

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Eugene R. Pommer, Respondent, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus against Henry S. Thompson, as Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity of the City of New York, Appellant.
Matter of Pommer v. Thompson, 153 App. Div. 898, affirmed.
(Argued January 6, 1913;
decided January 21, 1913.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered November 15, 1912, which affirmed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendant to permit an inspection of the records of his office.
Archibald R. Watson, Corporation Counsel (Clarence L. Barber and Terence Farley of counsel), for appellant.
J. Brownson Ker and Edward S. Brownson, Jr., for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Werner, Hiscock, Chase, Collin and Hogan, JJ. Absent: Willard Bartlett, J.