Morrison v. Cantor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Jacob A. Cantor, individually and as president of the borough of Manhattan of the city of New York, and others, 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 3d day of July, 1902, granting the petitioner’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The relator applied to the court below for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the members of the municipal civil service commission of the city of New York to certify the relator’s name to Jacob A. Cantor, president of the borough of Manhattan of the city of New York, for appointment to the position of chief engineer in the bureau of highways in the office of the commissioner of *481public works in the borough of Manhattan of the city of New York, nunc pro time as of February 1, 1902, and that the said municipal civil service commission certify the name upon the payroll of said…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Tregaskis v. PalmerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Birmingham v. GroutNew York Supreme Court · 1904