Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Advocates Charles H. Kelby for Archibald R. Watson, Corporation Counsel ( Terence Farley Louis H. Hahlo of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. OPINION In the Matter of the Application of JAMES KANE, Appellant, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus against WILLIAM J. GAYNOR, as Mayor of the City of New York, Respondent. Order affirmed, with costs, on opinion of BURR, J., below. Concur: GRAY, HAIGHT, WERNER, CHASE and COLLIN, JJ.; CULLEN, Ch. J., and WILLARD BARTLETT, J., concur in result.