People ex rel. Weeks v. Ward

This is an application for a writ of mandamus, peremptory or alternative, to secure the reinstatement of the relator in the Department of Parks for the Boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond. The relator is a veteran of the Civil War and for almost 14 years prior to January 1, 1916, had been assistant superintendent of parks. He received a salary of $2,500 a year. At the end of the year 1915, he was notified that Ms services were at an end because the Board of Estimate and the Board of Aldermen had not made provision in the 1916 budget for the position he had held. Relator demanded that he be…