People ex rel. Cunliffe v. Cram
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, William H. Cunliffe, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 25th day of March, 1898, upon the dismissal of an alternative writ of mandamus by direction of the court. after a trial at the New York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of March, 1898, upon which said judgment ivas entered.
1Opinion of the Court
Barrett, J. :
The writ was dismissed at the trial upon the relator’s opening, the learned trial judge holding that the allegations of the writ were insufficient to constitute any cause of grievance against the respondents. The relator alleges that he is an honorably discharged Union soldier; that on or about the 30th day of October, 1874, he entered the employ of the dock department as an expert painterthat on October 18, 1875, he was appointed also as an inspector of painting and general repairs, and that he continued in the employ of the department up to the 31st day of October, 1894, when…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Myers v. MayorNew York Supreme Court · 1893
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Cunliffe v. CramNew York Supreme Court · 1900