Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Roger Foster for Louis H. Hahlo, Corporation Counsel ( Terence Farley, E. Crosby Kindleberger Elliot S. Benedict of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of the Application of GERALD S. GRIFFIN, Appellant, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus against WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Individually and as Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity of the City of New York, et al., Respondents. Appeal dismissed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: COLLIN, HOGAN, SEABURY and POUND, JJ.; CHASE and CUDDEBACK, JJ., vote for affirmance; WILLARD BARTLETT, Ch. J., absent.