In re Dooley

This is a motion for a writ of mandamus to procure the reinstatement of petitioner in the position of stationary engineer in the bureau of sewers, department of public works, in the borough of Queens. Without reciting all the facts, it is sufficient to say that the right of the petitioner to reinstatement depends upon the determination of the question whether he was appointed to the position of stationary engineer in the Jamaica disposal plant as a distinct position, or whether he was appointed generally as a stationary engineer in the bureau of sewers or in the' department of public works,…