People ex rel. Fitzgerald v. Board of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Board of Education of the City of' New York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the-Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of " the county of Richmond on the 9th day of May, 1903, granting a. peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, J. :
This is an appeal by the respondent, The Board of Education of" the City of New York, from an order granting a peremptory writ of mandamus compelling the board forthwith to reinstate the relator to ■ the position of attendance officer in the city of New York, to take-effect as of the day on which the board appointed three others, to-one of whose places the relator claims he was entitled.
In August, 1896, the relator was appointed by the trustees of one-*538■of - the school districts of the town of Southfield, in Richmond county, as attendance officer of a school, and served in that…
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- Peo. Ex Rel. Hannan v. . Board of HealthNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- People ex rel. Kinney v. WhiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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- People ex rel. Doran v. GallagherNew York Supreme Court · 1913