Matter of Staples v. Kern

The appeal is here by leave of this court and is taken from an order of the Appellate Division unanimously affirming an order of Special Term.

The issues presented arise out of the attempt of the Municipal Civil Service Commission of the City of New York to correct on its own motion certain “ manifest errors ” which it had committed in the conduct of two examinations. Petitioner seeks to restrain the Municipal Civil Service Commission from conducting a supplementary examination designed to remedy the prior errors.

The Temporary Emergency Relief Administration was created by the Laws of 1931,…