People ex rel. Wardrop v. Adams
New York Supreme Court
■ Appeal from special term, Kings county. Application by the people on the relation of William Wardrop for a writ of mandamus to compel John C. Adams, commissioner of the department of city works in the city of Brooklyn, to reinstate the relator in the position of lamp clerk in such department, such position having been abolished by the defendant. The writ was denied, and the relator appeals.
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■ Appeal from special term, Kings county. Application by the people on the relation of William Wardrop for a writ of mandamus to compel John C. Adams, commissioner of the department of city works in the city of Brooklyn, to reinstate the relator in the position of lamp clerk in such department, such position having been abolished by the defendant. The writ was denied, and the relator appeals. Laws 2ST. Y. 1887, c. 708, provide that honorably discharged soldiers of the Rebellion holding any position in the county of Kings or city of Brooklyn shall not be removed therefrom except for cause,…
1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.
The relator is an honorably discharged veteran from the-Union army. He held the position of lamp clerk in the department of city works in the city of Brooklyn. There was no cause for his removal from his position, but the commissioner abolished the position upon economical grounds* *523and attached its duties to the position of assistant notice and complaint clerk. This clerk was an existing officer at the time of the change, and he has since performed the duties which were done by relator as well as those done by the notice and complaint clerk before the reorganization of the office. There is no…
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