Burgan v. New Jersey Civil Service Commission

Tlie opinion of the court was delivered by

Kalisch, J.

The prosecutor, John A. Burgan, claims to lie secretary of the Atlantic county board of taxation by virtue of election held May 1st, 1912. The respondent, Mr. Smith, had been elected secretary of said board at each annual organization thereof, from 1906 to 1911, inclusive. The respondents contend that Mr. Smith is an office holder protected by the Civil Service law. He is, undoubtedly, an officer in the paid service of the state within the cases of Pierson v. O’Connor, 25 Vroom 36, and Paddock v. Hudson Tax Board, 53 Id. 360. The vital…