Rudd v. Cropsey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by James 0. Gropsey, district attorney, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term arid entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 16th day of September, 1913, granting a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
The question is whether the district attorney of the county of Kings may reduce the salary of Rudd, a clerk, from $1,700 to $1,000 per annum. The proceeding is to compel the district attorney to certify the salary on the basis of the larger sum. It is not proved whether a hearing was afforded. But I regard that question as irrelevant to the inquiry. The applicant was, in 1904, appointed stenographer and private secretary to a former district attorney, which place was then exempt, and in 1907 he was transferred to a similar place in the class designated as competitive at a salary of…
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