Hurlbut v. Cromwell

The rights of an honorably discharged veteran of the volunteer navy of the United States during the Spanish War are analogous to those of a volunteer fireman and arise under section 22 of the Civil Service Law and not section 21, which applies to honor*1036ably discharged soldiers, sailors, or marines in the late Civil War. I am therefore constrained to hold, following Cottam v. City of N. Y., 74 Misc. Rep. 67, 131 N. Y. Supp. 617, that the petitioner may not properly claim a preference over other draftsmen in the borough president’s department by requiring their discharge because of lack of…