People ex rel. Gildersleeve v. Dalton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, William Dalton, as commissioner of water supply of the.city of New York, and another, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County -Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the-18th day of July, 1899, granting a peremptory writ of mandamus, commanding the reinstatement of the relator as an inspector of manufactures or factory inspector, and granting him other and further relief.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The relator, on the 7th day of April, 1898, was holding a position as inspector of manufactures in the water purveyor’s bureau, in the borough of Brooklyn, this position being in the classified civil service of the city of New York, subject to competitive examinations. On that day the deputy commissioner of water supply for the borough of Brooklyn dismissed him by issuing the following order:
“ April 6. It is ordered that Van Voorhies Gildersleeve, Inspector Bureau of Extension and Distribution, be and hereby is removed from April 7th, 1898, for the good of the service, subject to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Fleming v. . DaltonNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Breckenridge v. ScannellNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Kelly v. YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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