Jones v. Willcox
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, James E. Jones, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 11th day of November, 1902, denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the respondent to reinstate the petitioner as superintendent of small parks or to be transferred to the position of assistant superintendent of parks or to any branch of the municipal civil service for duty…
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Appeal by the petitioner, James E. Jones, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 11th day of November, 1902, denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the respondent to reinstate the petitioner as superintendent of small parks or to be transferred to the position of assistant superintendent of parks or to any branch of the municipal civil service for duty in such position as he may be fitted to fill.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
On the 6th day of April, 1898, the petitioner was appointed superintendent of small parks at a salary of $3,000 per annum. He continued to perform the duties of this position until the 30th day of April, 1902, when he received a notice in writing from the commissioner of public parks, boroughs of Manhattan and Richmond, that the position was abolished, to take effect that day, and his services were no longer required. The petitioner is an honorably discharged soldier of the Union army in the Civil war. The day after his discharge as superintendent of small parks, through his…
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