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147 A.D. 668

People v. Sutherland

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1911-12-15

Appeal by the plaintiff, ■ The People of the State of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of ■ the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 15th day of September, 1910, upon the report of a referee appointed to hear, try and determine the issues, dismissing the complaint upon the merits.

Relies on Lehmeyer v. . Moses

Decided 1911-12-15

Jenks, P. J. (concurring):

¶1I concur upon the last ground stated in the opinion. In the case cited by Rich, J. (Bank of Staten Island v. Gity of New York, 68 App., Div. 231), the 3d paragraph of the head note reads: “In such a case the alloivance of the improper items constitutes an error of judgment and not a defect of jurisdiction. ” Doubtless this is formulated upon the final paragraph of the opinion of the court written by Woodward, J. Bartlett, J., and I, as appears in the report (68 App, Div. 239), dissented on the ground that some of the items included in the coroner’s bill are so clearly unlawful that they could not he legalized by any audit.” The judgment in that case was affirmed by the Court of Appeals (174 N. Y. 519). Although there is some distinction to be made between the Bank of Staten Island Case (supra) and the case at bar, I think that the proposition, which now moves me to this concurrence, was presented; that in any event it was germane and was accentuated by the said dissent. For this reason I feel hound to concur with Rich, J., in this case without consideration of the alleged illegality of the items in question.

¶2Judgment affirmed, with costs.

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