O'Sullivan v. Knox
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, New York county. Application by Dennis O’Sullivan for peremptory writ of mandamus against Charles Knox and others of the civil service commission of the city of New York to compel defendants to place the applicant’s name on the pay roll, and certify the amount of salary due, and also to certify that the applicant had been lawfully employed by the stenographer of the municipal court from August 1, 1399, to October 10, 1899. From an order granting the…
Read the full summary
Appeal from special term, New York county. Application by Dennis O’Sullivan for peremptory writ of mandamus against Charles Knox and others of the civil service commission of the city of New York to compel defendants to place the applicant’s name on the pay roll, and certify the amount of salary due, and also to certify that the applicant had been lawfully employed by the stenographer of the municipal court from August 1, 1399, to October 10, 1899. From an order granting the writ, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
It appears by the stipulation of the parties made herein and the testimony of the relator that on March 19, 1898, he was appointed a temporary stenographer of the municipal court of the city of New York, in the Fifth district of the borough of Manhattan, by Henry M. Goldfogle, judge of such court; that he entered *612upon the discharge of his duties on the 1st day of April, 1898, and continued therein to the 16th day of October, 1899. The defendants certified to the employment of the relator upon the pay rolls of the city up to the 10th day of August, 1899, but refused after that time to insert…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wittmer v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
3Cited by2 opinions
- Ulrich v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1900
- Deering v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1907