People Ex Rel. O'Connor v. . Adams
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, made June 26,1889, which reversed an order of Special Term denying a motion for a mandamus and directed one to issue, commanding defendant to restore the relator to the office of clerk in the bureau of water rates in the départment of city works in the city of Brooklyn, from which he had been discharged.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, made June 26,1889, which reversed an order of Special Term denying a motion for a mandamus and directed one to issue, commanding defendant to restore the relator to the office of clerk in the bureau of water rates in the départment of city works in the city of Brooklyn, from which he had been discharged. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Relator’s discharge was legal. (People ex rel. v. Adams, 51 Hun, 583.) The moving papers fail to show, that at…
1Opinion of the Court
Eabl, Ch. J.
On the 8th day of. May, 1888, the commissioner of city works of the city of Brooklyn gave notice to the city civil service commissioners that there were required for immediate use in the bureau of water-rates the services of four temporary clerks at a compensation of one hundred dollars per month, and he requested that they be furnished without delay. On the receipt of this notice and requisition, the civil service commissioners certified to the commissioner of city works for temporary clerks the relator and three other persons, and they Avere appointed. It appears that the…
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