In re Ostrander
New York Supreme Court
Application for a mandamus requiring the superintendent of public buildings to appoint the applicant to the position of deputy superintendent.
1Opinion of the CourtHebbiok, J.
The applicant rests his claim to the appointment to the position in question upon the laws in relation to honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the late war.
I deem it unnecessary at this time to review the various acts of the legislature in relation to veterans.
His claim seems to me to rest upon the provisions of chapters 716 and 717 of the Laws of 1894. These acts became laws upon the same day. They contain no provisions neces: sarily inconsistent with each other, and, therefore, are tozbe construed as one law. They entitle him in certain cases to a preference over all others not…
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