Stryker v. Board of Education

Petitioner, a war veteran, was appointed an assistant attendance officer by the board of education of the city of New York on February 26, 1935, from an eligible list promulgated as the result of an open competitive examination conducted for that position. He retained the place until March 31, 1936, when his services were discontinued and his name was placed upon a preferred eligible list. Upon the claim that under section 22 of the Civil Service Law the board of education had unlawfully removed him, he instituted this mandamus proceeding to compel his reinstatement.

The situation which…