People ex rel. Coveney v. Kearny
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, James JD. Coveney, 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 September, 1899, denying his application for a peremptory writ of mandamus and dismissing an alternative writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
By this proceeding the relator seeks to compel the respondent, as commissioner of public buildings, lighting and supplies in the city of New York, to reinstate him as inspector in the department of public buildings, lighting and supplies in the city of New York, from which position the relator was removed on February 19, 1898. The court below dismissed the proceeding. The alternative writ of mandamus alleges that pursuant to the provisions of section 44 of chapter 275 of the Laws of 1892, adding section 51T£ to chapter 410 of the Laws of 1882, the relator was, on October 4, 1895,…
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