Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Wood v. Department of Health

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 5, 1911PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 20th day of January, 1911,' directed to The Department of Health of the City of New York, commanding, it to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all and singular'its proceedings had in dismissing the relator from the position of assistant registrar of records in the department of health.

1Opinion of the Court

Dowling, J.:

On December 17, 1910, the relator, who had been for nearly thirteen years assistant registrar of records of the department of health of the city of New York in and for the borough of Bichmond, was served with charges involving such unprofessional conduct on his part towards his patients in his private practice as would, if true, have constituted misconduct showing him unfit to1 occupy any public position, and particularly one his retention in which would have furnished him with a certificate of professional character, rendering it possible for him to continue his course of taking…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Allen v. WellesNew York City Court · 1895

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. In re CassidyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
  2. Berman v. GillroyNew York Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Gould v. LooneyNew York Supreme Court · 1969
  4. Villanueva v. SimpsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. Finck v. BlissNew York Supreme Court · 1954

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