People ex rel. McDonald v. Lantry

The relator was removed from his position as. keeper in the department of correction of the city of New York without a hearing, to which, in view of the regulations of the Municipal Civil Service Commissioners classifying such position as subject to competitive examination, he was entitled under Chapter 186 of the Laws of 1898, amending the General' Civil Service Law (Laws of 1883, chap. 354), an enactment which has lately been held to apply to the city óf New York in the case of People ex rel. Fleming v. Dalton, 158 N. Y. 175, Advancé Sheets of Combined Official Series, No. 305. His removal…