Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Advocates Philip Frank for Lamar Hardy, Corporation Counsel ( Terence Farley William E.C. Mayer of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of the Application of SAMUEL J. MITCHELL, Appellant, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus against WILLIAM A. PRENDERGAST, as Comptroller of the City of New York, Respondent. Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: HISCOCK, Ch. J., CHASE, CUDDEBACK, CARDOZO, McLAUGHLIN, CRANE and ANDREWS, JJ.