People ex rel. Melledy v. Shea
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Thomas H. Melledy, 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 26th day of March, 1902, denying the relator’s motion to resettle an order entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 19th day of March, 1902, denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The relator applied for a peremptory writ of mandamus directing the defendant John L. Shea, as commissioner of bridges of the city of Hew York, to make requisition upon the civil service commissioners of such city for the names of persons eligible and on the preferred list of appointments to the position of bridge tender, and requiring such civil service commissioners to certify to the commissioner of bridges the names of honorably discharged veterans of the Union army and such other persons as were entitled to a preference in the civil service under the laws relating thereto…
2Cited by2 opinions
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