People ex rel. Mason v. Cruger
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court, and attested on the 23d day of July, 1896, directed to Stephen Y. R. Cruger and others, commissioners of parks of the city of New York, and William Leary, secretary of the board of parks of said city, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all and singular their proceedings in regard to -the discharge of the relator from the position of regular clerk to the board of parks. •
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
'Down to the 25th of May, 1896, and for several yéars before that time, the relator was a regular clerk in the office of the commissioners of parks of the city of New York. On that day he was removed by a vote of the commissioners of parks. He has sued out this writ of certiorari to review their proceedings so removing him, alleging that the rights assured to him by the statute were not protected, and for that reason their proceedings should be reversed.
The relator, being a regular clerk, could not be removed until he had.been informed of the. cause of the' proposed removal, and…
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