Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Associated Buffalo Architects, Inc., Petitioner, for a Certiorari Order Directed to The Board of Education of the City of Buffalo, New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1927-06
Citations: 221 A.D. 778
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Associated Buffalo Architects, Inc., Petitioner, for a Certiorari Order Directed to The Board of Education of the City of Buffalo, New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 221
Pages: 778–779

Head Matter:
Fourth Department,
June, 1927.
In the Matter of the Application of Associated Buffalo Architects, Inc., Petitioner, for a Certiorari Order Directed to The Board of Education of the City of Buffalo, New York, Respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The audit of the petitioner's claims by the board of education is a quasi-judicial proceeding. (New York Catholic Protectory v. Rockland County, 212 N. Y. 311; People ex rel. Myers v. Barnes, 114 id. 317; People ex rel. Smith v. Clarke, 174 id. 259.) For its validity, therefore, it is necessary that the petitioner should be given a notice of the time and place of the hearing in respect to its claims, and should be afforded an opportunity thereat to present the same. (People ex rel. Reiser v. Gilon, 121 N. Y. 551; People ex rel. Hallock v. Hennessy, 205 id. 301; People ex rel. Nisbet v. Common Council, 90 Hun, 494.)