Siegel v. Board of Education

This is a trial pursuant to an alternative order of mandamus entered herein on April 29, 1935. The petitioner claims seniority of service over one Caspar. Baffin was at the head of the civil service list from which petitioner was appointed. The petitioner received his permanent appointment in October, 1921; and Baffin received his permanent appointment on June 28, 1921. Petitioner, therefore, had no seniority rights over Baffin. The temporary appointment of petitioner in February, 1921, is of no avail to him. (Koso v. Greene, 260 N. Y. 491.) The petitioner, however, had seniority rights over…