Legal Opinion
O'Connell v. Kern
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 18, 1941PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtCohn, J.
Appellant Agnes O’Connell and respondent John J. Dowd were fellow-employees in the marriage license bureau in the office of the city clerk of the city of New York. Together with others in the same competitive class of civil service, they were suspended from employment on June 30, 1939, because their positions had been abolished. Mrs. O’Connell had been appointed originally on April 20, 1931. Dowd’s date of original appointment was February 1, 1932. Upon their suspension, Mrs. O’Connell, because of seniority, was entitled to have her name placed on a resulting preferred list ahead of Dowd.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wolfson v. CruiseNew York Supreme Court · 1939
- Matter of Wolfson v. CruiseNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- In re Acquiring Title by the City of New York to Certain Lands & Premises Situated in the Area Bounded by East 122nd Street, First Avenue, East 125th Street & Harlem RiverAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
3Cited by1 opinion
- Foster v. Municipal Housing AuthorityNew York Supreme Court · 1958