People Ex Rel. La Chicotte v. . Best
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered June 26, 1906, which affirmed an order of Special Term quashing an alternative writ of mandamus upon questions 'of law only and not by reason of the exercise of any discretion vested in the court. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
The relator, after passing the civil service examination, had been appointed as principal assistant engineer in the department of bridges in the city of Hew York, and as such received an annual salary of six thousand dollars. The defendant Best was the commissioner of bridges, and on the second day of December, 1904, he, in writing, notified the relator that his services had been found to be unnecessary and he was, therefore, notified that under the provisions of the Greater Hew York charter, as amended (§ 1543), he was suspended without pay, such suspension to take effect December 31, 1904,…
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