Krapp v. Kern

The petitioners have been employed temporarily as laundry bath attendants, grade 2, in the board of education of the city of New York. The position is in the classified competitive civil service. Petitioners were on an open competitive list for said position, which was created in 1932. This list expired in 1937. Because of budgetary conditions petitioners were not appointed from said list during the life thereof. After the expiration of the list the board of education was ready to make appointments, but found no appropriate list available. Accordingly, resort was had to the expired list, and…