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People ex rel. Speight v. Coler

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1898PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Bird S. Coler, as comptroller of the city of Hew York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the comity of Kings on the 29tli day of March, 1898, granting a peremptory writ of mandamus directing him to reinstate the relator in the position of collector of city revenue at Wallabout Market.

1Opinion of the Court

Willard Bartlett, J.:

The Greater Hew York charter (§ 127, chap. 378, Laws of 1897) contains the following provision for the protection of veteran soldiers, sailors and firemen in the public service:

“ All veterans either of the army or navy or the volunteer fire departments, now in the service of either of the municipal and public corporations hereby consolidated, who are now entitled by law to serve during good behavior, or who cannot under existing law be removed except for cause, shall be retained in like positions and under the same conditions by the corporation constituted by this act, to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Tillinghast v. . MerrillNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  2. Buffalo Cemetery Assn. v. . City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  3. People ex rel. Earl v. EnglandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
  4. United States v. CollierU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1855

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Klatt v. AkersSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942
  2. People ex rel. Tate v. DaltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  3. People ex rel. Tate v. DaltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
  4. People ex rel. Schumann v. McCartneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
  5. People ex rel. Schumann v. McCartneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

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