People ex rel. Levenson v. Wells
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, James L. Wells, president, and others, commissioners, composing the board of taxes and assessments of the city of New York, 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 15th day of October, 1902, granting the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus . requiring his reinstatement as a clerk in the department of taxes and assessments of the city…
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Appeal by the defendants, James L. Wells, president, and others, commissioners, composing the board of taxes and assessments of the city of New York, 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 15th day of October, 1902, granting the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus . requiring his reinstatement as a clerk in the department of taxes and assessments of the city of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The petitioner was appointed to the position of a regular clerk in the department of taxes and assessments on the 9th day of September, 1898, from an eligible list after having passed a civil service examination. The position is still classified by the municipal civil service commission as subject to competitive examination. On the 11th day of April, 1902, he was notified in writing by the chief clerk of the department by direction of the commissioner of taxes and assessments that he was “ discharged from the position of clerk ” in the department “ for the reason that your…
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