Legal Opinion

People ex rel. White v. Coler

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1900PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Bird S. Coler, comptroller of the city of Hew York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 19th day of October, 1900, ordering the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus directing the defendant to reinstate the relator in the place or position of senior clerk, third grade, in the bureau of taxes of the finance department of the city of Hew York,…

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Appeal by the defendant, Bird S. Coler, comptroller of the city of Hew York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 19th day of October, 1900, ordering the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus directing the defendant to reinstate the relator in the place or position of senior clerk, third grade, in the bureau of taxes of the finance department of the city of Hew York, with all tfie salary, interest, benefit and emolument due him from the 8th day of December, 1899, the date of his…

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

On the 6th of September, 1899, the relator was appointed for a probationary term of three months clerk in the bureau for the collection of taxes in the' finance department of the city of Hew York at a compensation of $1,000 per annum, to take effect September 11, 1899. He was assigned for duty to the borough of Manhattan. Three days before the expiration of his probationary period he was dismissed under a provision of. rule 35 of the then municipal civil service rules.

We will assume for the purpose of the decision of this case that' such dismissal was unauthorized, and that what…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Kastor v. . KearnyNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
  2. People ex rel. Kastor v. KearnyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Voll v. HelbingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
  2. People ex rel. Hoeges v. GuilfoyleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
  3. Goldschmidt v. Board of EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  4. Holt v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1901
  5. McVay v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1906

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