People ex rel. McDonald v. Lantry
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Robert McDonald, 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 1st day of May, 1899, denying his motion for a writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
Chapter 186 of the Laws of 1898, amending chapter 354 of the Laws of 1883, which went into effect on the thirty-first of March of that year, provides, among other things, that if a person holding a position subject to a competitive examination in the civil service of the State, or of a city, shall be removed, the reason for such removal shall be stated in writing and filed with the head of the department, or other appointing officer, and the person so removed shall have an opportunity to make an explanation.
*132The relator, at the time this statute took effect, held the position of…
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