Matter of Eberle v. Laguardia

Respondent entered the service of the Municipal Civil Service Commission of the City of New York as junior clerk on March 4, 1896, at the age of eighteen years, as the result of being chosen from a civil service list for that position. After advancing through several grades of service, he was finally promoted to the position of chief clerk on July 1, 1910, which position he held until April 4, 1939, when he was handed a letter from the President of the Civil Service Commission stating that he was suspended without pay pending the filing of formal charges on certain counts involving alleged…