People ex rel. Arden v. Gallagher
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Juliette Arden, 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 28th day of November, 1913, denying the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
The relator seeks by writ of mandamus to compel the defendants, constituting the municipal civil service commission of the city of New York, to establish one continuous eligible list upon which they shall enter the names of all the persons, both men and women, who passed the examination for the position of inspector, fire prevention bureau, grades 2 and 3, conducted by said municipal civil service commission on December 26 and 27, 1912, all said names to be inserted on said list in the order of their average rating secured on said examination.
The bureau of fire prevention is a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Schlivinski v. MaxwellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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