Leach v. Woodbury
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
■ Appeal by the petitioner, Michael H. Leach, from an order of the ¡Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 24th day of July, 1902, denying the petitioner’s application for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the defendant to reinstate him in the position of assistant section foreman in the street cleaning department of the city of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The relator was a member of the uniformed force in the department of street cleaning in the borough of Manhattan in the city of Hew York, and on August 15,1899, was examined by the municipal civil service board as an applicant for the position of assistant section foreman, was found duly qualified and placed upon the eligible list for appointment to said position, and subsequently, on January 20, 1900, he was notified by the chief clerk of the said department of street cleaning to report for assignment to duty as assistant foreman in said department. It also appears that he…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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