Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Albert De Roode for Thomas Carmody, Attorney-General ( Franklin Kennedy Valentine Taylor of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. FRED L. MERRITT, Appellant, v. JOHN E. KRAFT et al., Constituting the Ci Order affirmed, with costs, on authority of People ex rel. Schau v. McWilliams ( 185 N.Y. 92). Concur: CULLEN, Ch. J., HAIGHT, VANN, WERNER, WILLARD BARTLETT, CHASE and COLLIN, JJ.