People ex rel. Haverty v. Barker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 5th day of December, 1895, directed to Edward P. Barker, president, Theodore Sutro and James L. Wells, commissioners, constituting the board of taxes and assessments of the city of New York, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all the evidence and proceedings concerning the removal and discharge from office of Patrick M. Haverty as a tax assessor of the city…
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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 5th day of December, 1895, directed to Edward P. Barker, president, Theodore Sutro and James L. Wells, commissioners, constituting the board of taxes and assessments of the city of New York, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all the evidence and proceedings concerning the removal and discharge from office of Patrick M. Haverty as a tax assessor of the city of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
On the 1st day of August, 1895, and for ten years prior thereto, the relator held the office of assessor under the jurisdiction of the commissioners of taxes and assessments of the city of New York. On the day named he received a notification from such commissioners of their intention to remove him from office upon the charge tiiat he was physically incapable of performing the duties of his position. He is a discharged Union soldier, and in this proceeding claims the privileges to which he is entitled by the provisions of the statutes of this State concerning veteran soldiers…
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