Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Elizabeth M. McDonnell, Appellant, v. William A. Prendergast, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1916-01-18
Citations: 217 N.Y. 604
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Elizabeth M. McDonnell, Appellant, v. William A. Prendergast, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 217
Pages: 604–605

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Elizabeth M. McDonnell, Appellant, v. William A. Prendergast, as Comptroller of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
People ex rel. McDonnell v. Prendergast, 167 App. Div. 140, affirmed.
(Argued January 3, 1916;
decided January 18, 1916.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 23, 1915, which reversed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendants to pay the relator’s salary as stenographer in the office of the public administrator of the county of Bronx for the- month of November, 1914. Defendants contended that the law does not provide for the appointment of a clerical staff in the office of public administrator of Bronx county and that the appointment of the relator was, therefore, void.
Ernest E. L. Hammer, Joseph H. Fargis and Francis X. Goette for appellant.
Lamar Hardy, Corporation Counsel.(Terence Farley and Charles J. Nehrbas of counsel), for respondents.

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