People ex rel. Grady v. Knox
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants,, Charles H. Knox and others,- as commissioners, constituting the municipal civil service commission of-the city of Hew York, 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 6th day of July, 1900, granting a peremptory writ of mandamus, requiring the defendants, as commissioners, to forthwith certify upon the payroll of the relator that the said Dennis…
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Appeal by the defendants,, Charles H. Knox and others,- as commissioners, constituting the municipal civil service commission of-the city of Hew York, 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 6th day of July, 1900, granting a peremptory writ of mandamus, requiring the defendants, as commissioners, to forthwith certify upon the payroll of the relator that the said Dennis Grady has been promoted from the position of roundsman to that of sergeant of police of the city of New York, in pursuance…
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The relator applied for, and was granted by the court below, a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the defendants, as commissioners constituting the municipal civil service commission of the city of New York, to certify upon the .payroll of the relator that he had been promoted from the position of roundsman to that of a police sergeant on the police force of the city of New York in pursuance of law and of the rules made in pursuance of law. It appeared by the affidavit upon which this writ was granted that the relator was duly appointed a member of the police force of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Schelpp v. KnoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
3Cited by1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. Leary v. . KnoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901