People Ex Rel. Finnegan v. . McBride
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 6, 1918, which affirmed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel defendants, to certify to the commissioner of health of the city of New York a single eligible list, for promotion to the position of supervising nurse.
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
The positions of nurse and of supervising nurse in the department of health of the city of New York are classified as competitive positions in the civil service of the city. The nurses in the department of health when appointed are assigned to either one of two bureaus, one called the bureau of child hygiene and the other the bureau of preventable diseases. Prior to August, 1917, the custom had grown up in the department of health of assigning some of these nurses in both bureaus to act as supervising nurses, with supervisory powers over the other nurses and a larger salary. Apparently such…
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