People, Ex Rel. Keech v. . Thompson
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, made January 25,1882, affirming the determination of respondent as commissioner of public works in the city of New York, in removing the relator from the office of superintendent of the bureau of repairs and supplies in said department. (¡Reported below, 26 Hun, 28.) The proceedings of the commissioner were brought up for review by certiorari.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, made January 25,1882, affirming the determination of respondent as commissioner of public works in the city of New York, in removing the relator from the office of superintendent of the bureau of repairs and supplies in said department. (¡Reported below, 26 Hun, 28.) The proceedings of the commissioner were brought up for review by certiorari. It appears by the return that on the 11th of April, 1881, the commissioner addressed to the relator the following letter : “ Department of Public Works,…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The relator was removed by the commissioner of public works in the city of New York from the office of superintendent of repairs and supplies in the department of public works, and the question upon this appeal is, whether the course pursued by the commissioner in making the removal was in accordance with the provisions of the charter and sanctioned thereby. The authority to remove the relator from the office which he held is conferred by the provisions of the charter of the city. (Laws of 1873, chap. 335, § 28.) The section in question reads as follows: “ The heads of all departments (except…
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