Graef v. Department of Health

Petitioner seeks a peremptory order of mandamus to compel payment to him from the pension fund of the health *259department of the city of New York of certain moneys which have been withheld from him as a pension. As an employee of that department for a period of over twenty years, he became entitled to a pension pursuant to section 1323-a of the Greater New York charter, in the sum of $764, payable in quarter annual installments. Since January 1, 1927, the pension has been denied him because the health commissioner suspects him of certain questionable activities during his employment in the…