People ex rel. Wieland v. Knox
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, New York county. Mandamus by the people, on the relation of William J. Wieland, against Charles H. Knox and others, as civil service commissioners of the city of New York.
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Appeal from special term, New York county. Mandamus by the people, on the relation of William J. Wieland, against Charles H. Knox and others, as civil service commissioners of the city of New York. From an order directing that a peremptory writ issue, compelling defendants to accept the examination papers of the relator, and to place him on the eligible list for promotion to the position óf foreman in the fire department of the city of New York, and also from an intermediate order denying defendants’ motion to set.aside the verdict of the jury and for a new trial, and also from the judgment…
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
The relator was a member of the uniformed force of the fire department of the city of New York, holding the rank of assistant foreman. In July, 1898, he filed an application in due form for the position of foreman, and,vlin accordance with the rules of the civil service commission, submitted himself for examination, and *990was examined upon the different subjects, and at the close of such examination he turned in his papers to the examiner then present, who gave them to the chief examiner, who kept them under lock and key until they were submitted to the examiners who were selected to pass…
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