Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Charles D. Blatchford, Appellant, v. William McAdoo, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents; The People of the State of New York ex rel. Edward E. Doonan, Appellant, v. William McAdoo, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1905-02-21
Citations: 180 N.Y. 563
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Charles D. Blatchford, Appellant, v. William McAdoo, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents. The People of the State of New York ex rel. Edward E. Doonan, Appellant, v. William McAdoo, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 180
Pages: 563–563

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Charles D. Blatchford, Appellant, v. William McAdoo, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents. The People of the State of New York ex rel. Edward E. Doonan, Appellant, v. William McAdoo, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
People ex rel. Blatchford v. McAdoo, 101 App. Div. —; People ex rel. Doonan v. McAdoo, 101 App. Div.—, appeals dismissed.
(Argued February 20, 1905;
decided February 21, 1905.)
Appeals from orders of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 11, 1905, which reversed orders of Special Term granting motions for peremptory writs of mandamus directing the defendant police commissioner to reinstate the relators in positions formerly held by them in the police department of the city of New York.
Charles S. Aronstam for appellants.
John J. Delany, Corporation Counsel (Theodore Connoly and James D. Bell of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
Appeals dismissed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, O'Brien, Bartlett, Haight, Vann and Werner, JJ.