Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Lewis v. Board of Public Works
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 15, 1889PublishedCited by 25 opinions
On rules to show cause for a mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Depue, J.
The relators apply for writs of mandamus to obtain the benefit of an act entitled “An act in regard to honorably discharged Union soldiers,” approved March 6th, 1888. Pamph. L., p. 135.
The act provides “ that no person holding a position in any city or county of this state, whose term of office is not now fixed by law, and receiving a salary from such city, county or state, who is an honorably discharged soldier or sailor, having served in the war of the rebellion, shall be removed from such position, except for good cause shown after a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. HartwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
- United States v. GermaineSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- United States v. MauriceU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Virginia · 1823
- In re the Oaths to be taken by Attorneys & CounsellorsNew York Supreme Court · 1823
3Cited by25 opinions
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- Shaw v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Fredericks v. Board of HealthSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1912
- People v. MartinSupreme Court of Colorado · 1894
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