Glassman v. Fries

The legality of petitioner’s removal from the position designated as secretary in the auditor’s department of Erie county is challenged in this proceeding.

*469The office in question was created by the board of supervisors of Erie county on the 28th of December, 1926. Petitioner was appointed to the position on the first of the following January, and continued to discharge the duties assigned to him until January 1, 1935, when he was notified by the newly-elected auditor that his services were no longer needed, and when James J. Horbett, the present incumbent, was appointed as bis successor.

Upon…