People ex rel. Mullen v. Sheffield
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, John Mullen, a veteran of the late civil war, 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 9tli day of October, 1897, denying his motion for a. peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The relator applied to the court for a peremptory writ of mandamus commanding the fire commissioners of the city of New York to cancel 'the appointments of certain assistant foremen in the fire department in the city of New York, “and to promote this deponent (the relator) as assistant foreman in said department.” From the affidavits upon this application it appeared that the New York city civil service board held an examination of applicants for promotion in the fire department on February 20, 1896, under the rules of the board, and on the 28th and 30tli days of March, 1896, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Matter of KeymerNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
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