People Ex Rel. De Vito v. . Sayer

Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 9, 1921, which unanimously affirmed an order of Special Term denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel defendant to reinstate the relator in the position of law clerk in the department of labor. The position of the relator, who was a veteran of the World War, was abolished by reason of economy, lack of appropriation therefor, and by reason of the transfer of the functions of the legal division from the department of labor to the office of…