Matter of Powers v. . Dahl
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 10, 1916, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the reinstatement of the petitioner as custodian of records in the Rensselaer county clerk’s office, on the ground that he was illegally removed therefrom without a hearing upon due notice upon stated charges, contrary to section 22 of the Civil Service…
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 10, 1916, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the reinstatement of the petitioner as custodian of records in the Rensselaer county clerk’s office, on the ground that he was illegally removed therefrom without a hearing upon due notice upon stated charges, contrary to section 22 of the Civil Service Law, the applicant being an honorably discharged soldier, having served in the army of the United States during the war…
1Opinion of the Court
Order reversed, with costs in all courts, on the dissenting opinion of Cochrane, J., below, and peremptory writ of mandamus granted.
Concur: Willard Bartlett, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Hogan and Cardozo, JJ. Dissent, on opinion of Woodward, J., below: Hiscock and Cuddeback, JJ.
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