People ex rel. Ryan v. Wells
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 15th day of July, 1902, directed to James L. Wells, President, and others, composing the board of taxes and assessments of the city of New York, requiring them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Kings all and singular their proceedings had in dismissing the relator from the position of deputy tax commissioner in the department of taxes and assessments.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J. :
■ The relator held the position of a deputy tax commissioner in the department of taxes and assessments of the city of Mew. York. He was removed by the board of taxes and assessments on May 1,1902, for alleged incompetency, after having been allowed an opportunity to make an explanation. He had been appointed, pursuant to a competitive civil service examination, and had served the timé required by law in the volunteer fire department of the city of Brooklyn.
*271His status as a veteran fireman, therefore, entitled him to the protection afforded by section 21 of the Civil…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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