# Matter of Poucher v. Teachers' R. Board

> New York Court of Appeals · November 27, 1928 · 249 N.Y. 414

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3617497

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Matter of Timothy D. Poucher, as President of the Federation of Teachers’ Associations of the City of New York, Respondent, Against Teachers’ Retirement Board, Appellant
- **Court:** New York Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** November 27, 1928
- **Citations:** 249 N.Y. 414; 164 N.E. 335; 1928 N.Y. LEXIS 823
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** <italic>Per Curiam.</italic>
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Per Curiam.
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An application by a teacher for service retirement under Greater New York charter (Sec. 1092, subd. K) is not effective until delivered, and such delivery does not result from a mere deposit in the mails
(Crown Point Iron Co.
v.
Ætna Insurance Co.,
127 N. Y. 608 ;
Peabody
v.
Satterlee,
166 N. Y. 174 ).
The order of the Appellate Division and that of the Special Term should be reversed and the application denied with costs in all courts.
Cardozo, Ch. J., Pound, Crane, Andrews, Lehman, Kellogg and O’Brien, JJ., concur.
Orders reversed, etc.

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