Legal Opinion

In re Ricketts

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 9, 1906PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by the petitioner, George F. Ricketts, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 25th day- of January, 1906, depying the petitioner’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus.

1Opinion of the Court

Clarke, J.:

The appellant is an assistant foreman in the fire department of the city of Hew York, He applied to the Special Term of the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus directed to the commissioners composing the municipal civil service commission of the *670city of New York, requiring them forthwith to permit him to enter and take part in a 'certain examination for promotion to the office of foreman in the fire department of said city, held by said commission on or about the 6th day of December, 1905, to examine him' for said office and to rate his merit and fitness for promotion to said…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Cook v. Civil Service CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Mendelson v. FineganNew York Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Waters v. Civil Service BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955
  4. People ex rel. Kennedy v. FeldmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
  5. Barthelmess v. CukorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920

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