
    PEOPLE ex rel. HYDE v. SHEFFIELD et al.
    (Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department
    December 31, 1897.)
    Application for peremptory writ of mandamus by the people of the state of New York, by relation of David Hyde, against James R. Sheffield and others, as fire commissioners. George N. Messiter, for appellant. William L. Findley, for respondents.
   PER CURIAM.

For the reasons stated in the case of People v. Sheffield (decided herewith) 48 N. Y. Supp. 796, the order appealed from is affirmed, with costs.  