Case Name: PEOPLE ex rel. BOYD v. RUOFF, County Clerk
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1913-12-05
Citations: 144 N.Y.S. 1137
Docket Number: 
Parties: PEOPLE ex rel. BOYD v. RUOFF, County Clerk.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 144
Pages: 1137–1137

Head Matter:
PEOPLE ex rel. BOYD v. RUOFF, County Clerk.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
December 5, 1913.)
Proceeding by the People of the State of New York, on the relation of Albert L. Boyd, against Leonard Ruoif, Clerk of the County of Queens.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We think, considering the short period of service of the relator and the volume of work done by him, that the number of errors made by him was not sufficient to establish incompetency on his part. None of the errors showed a hopeless incompetency, and a few days more of service might have resulted in a relative perfection. Before a final determination of incompetency was reached, a better opportunity should have been afforded the relator. Therefore the determination of the County Clerk is annulled, with $50 costs and disbursements, and the relator reinstated.