Clay v. Civil Service Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court dismissing a writ of certiorari sued out by Dr. Clay for the purpose of reviewing a proceeding of the Civil Service, Commission relating to the matter of his appointment as health officer of the board of health of the city of Paterson. This proceeding was instituted at the request of Dr. Browne, who contended that he was the da jure health officer of Paterson and that Dr. Clay had wrongfully usurped that position. It consisted of an investigation of the rights of these two…