Childs v. Moses

The question presented on this motion for an injunction pendente lite is whether defendants Moses and Huie vacated their respective offices of commissioner of parks and commissioner of public works when they accepted appointments to positions on the city planning commission. The problem involves the construction of sections 531 and 895 of the New York City Charter, under which the appointments were concededlv made. These sections should be read in the light of their history. To this I shall briefly refer.

Prior to 1934 there were five separate borough park commissioners. By chapter 2 of the…