Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. New York Mercantile Exchange, Appellant, v. Daniel F. Murphy, as a Magistrate of the City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1912-05-21
Citations: 205 N.Y. 597
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. New York Mercantile Exchange, Appellant, v. Daniel F. Murphy, as a Magistrate of the City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 205
Pages: 597–597

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. New York Mercantile Exchange, Appellant, v. Daniel F. Murphy, as a Magistrate of the City of New York, Respondent.
People ex rel. N. Y. Mercantile Exchange v. Murphy, 150 App. Div. —, affirmed.
(Argued May 1, 1912;
decided May 21, 1912.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 23, 1912, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying a motion for a writ of prohibition to prevent the defendant from continuing an ex parte investigation into certain alleged violations of section 311 of the Business Law by certain persons and corporations on the ground that the magistrate’s jurisdiction in regard to such an investigation is confined to natural persons and has no application to corporations.
Franklin Taylor for appellant.
Charles S. Whitman, District Attorney (.Robert C. Taylor of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur; Cullen, Ch. J., Cray, Haight, Vann, Werner, Hiscock and Collin, JJ.