People ex rel. Dare v. Howell

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered November 10, 1916, which affirmed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel defendants to reconvene and meet with Clarence E. Dare, as town superintendent of highways, and enter into an agreement, pursuant to the provisions of section 105 of the Highway Law of the state of New York. The petitioner, Clarence E. Dare, claims to have been duly elected town superintendent of highways of the town of Brookhaven at the biennial town election held on the 6th day of April, 1915. He also claims that by an act of the Legislature, adopted on or about the 15th day of March, 1916,- and known as chapter 48 of the Laws of 1916, his election was legalized, validated and confirmed. Section 105 of the Highway Law requires that, before moneys raised for the improvement of the highways in the various towns of the state shall be expended, the places where and the manner in which such moneys shall be expended shall be agreed upon by the town superintendent of hig’hways and the town board, and a written agreement for the expenditures of such moneys shall be executed and approved by the state highway commission. The petition shows the above facts relied upon by the petitioner, and also, in effect, states that the defendants, who now appeal, had refused and neglected to enter into such an agreement.