People ex rel. Hoffman v. Rupp

The proceeding was instituted by an alternative writ of mandamus, commanding the defendants to appoint the relator to the office of assistant sealer of weights and measures of the city of Buffalo, or show cause to the contrary. The writ was founded upon the fact that the relator had served in the army of the United States in the late war, and was honorably discharged therefrom; that he had made application to such board of police for appointment to that office, and was entitled to preference, pursuant to the statute, which provides that:

“In every public department [of the cities], and also in…