Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of William G. Ihrig, Respondent, for a Writ of Mandamus against William Williams, as Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity of the City of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1918-05-07
Citations: 223 N.Y. 670
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of William G. Ihrig, Respondent, for a Writ of Mandamus against William Williams, as Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity of the City of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 223
Pages: 670–670

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of William G. Ihrig, Respondent, for a Writ of Mandamus against William Williams, as Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity of the City of New York, Appellant.
Matter of Ihrig v. Williams, 181 App. Div. 865, affirmed.
(Argued April 23, 1918;
decided May 7, 1918.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 21, 1918, which reversed an order of Special Term denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendant to grant to the petitioner an inspection of the reports of engineers and of all other reports, records, papers and documents on file in his office relating to the explosion and bursting of a water main which took place in Lafayette street, near the intersection of said street and Howard street, in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, on the 21st day of June, 1917, and to give the petitioner an opportunity to make copies of or extracts from the aforesaid ■reports, records and documents.
William P. Burr, Corporation Counsel (Terence Farley and John F. O’Brien of counsel), for appellant.
Alexander Holtzoff and Paul Windels for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs;' no opinion.
Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Cuddeback, 'Hogan, Caedozo' and McLaughlin, JJ.