Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) John R. Dos Passos, John Murray Mitchell, Samuel W. Bower Edmund F. Harding for John J. Delany, Corporation Counsel ( Theodore Connoly George L. Sterling of counsel), for city of New York, George J. Greenfield for commissioners, See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. WILLIAM NELSON, Appellant, v. ISAAC M. MARSH et al., Commissioners for Drainage of Lands in the Town of Southfield, et al., Respondents. Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: GRAY, BARTLETT, VANN and WERNER, JJ. Not voting: PARKER, Ch. J., and O'BRIEN, J. Absent: HAIGHT, J.