People ex rel. Frank v. Monroe
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Robert Grier Monroe, commissioner of water supply, gas and electricity of the city of New York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 5th day of October, 1903, granting the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
This appeal is from an order granting a peremptory writ of mandamus, after trial of the issues raised by an alternative writ and the return thereto, commanding the appellant, as commissioner of water supply, gas and electricity of the city of New York, to reinstate the relator to a position formerly held by him.
At the trial the following facts were established: The relator, having complied with the civil service requirements, was, on the 2d of May, 1902, holding a position as clerk in the department of water supply, gas and electricity, at a salary of $1,500 per year; on the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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