People ex rel. Strahan v. Feitner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Thomas L. Feitner, as president of the board of commissioners of taxes and assessments of the city of New York, and others, 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 December, 1899, granting the relator’s motion that a peremptory writ of mam damns issue directing the defendants to reinstate the relator in the position of deputy tax…
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Appeal by the defendants, Thomas L. Feitner, as president of the board of commissioners of taxes and assessments of the city of New York, and others, 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 December, 1899, granting the relator’s motion that a peremptory writ of mam damns issue directing the defendants to reinstate the relator in the position of deputy tax commissioner' of the city of New York and the payment of back salary.
1Per curiam
Prior to June 1, 1898, the relator occupied the position of deputy tax commissioner in the department of taxes and assessments in the city of New York, and was in the enjoyment of a salary of $2,700 a year. In that position he came within the protection of section 3 of chapter 186 of the Laws of 1898, amending section 13 of'chapter 354 of the Laws of 1883, and could not be removed therefrom or reduced without the reasons therefor being stated in writing and tiled with the head of the department, and without having an opportunity to make an explanation. On the day above mentioned the…
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