People ex rel. Lee v. Gleason
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Robert H. Lee, from ah order of the Supreme Court, made at the Queens County Special Term and entered in the office of the ■ clerk of the county of Queens on the 26th day of Juhe, 1897, denying his motion for a writ of peremptory mandamus commanding the respondents to reinstate him in the position which he formerly held in the fire department of Long Island City.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The relator, claiming to be an exempt fireman, was appointed a driver in the fire department of Long Island City on June 12, 1894, and served in that department until July 8, 1896, when he was summarily removed without charges or notice. He applied to the Special Term for a writ of peremptory mandamus to compel the board of fire commissioners of the city to reinstate him in his position and permit him to perform its duties, on the ground that his removal was in contravention of the laws of the State in relation to civil service and the rules thereof, adopted by the mayor of…
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