People ex rel. Wanzor v. Sturgis

The relator, a veteran volunteer fireman, seeks reinstatement as a regular clerk in the fire department of the city ■of Mew York, alleging he was discharged by the respondent without a hearing. The dismissal is sought to be justified by the respondent upon the ground that the position was abolished when the relator was removed; but the latter avers in the petition “that other persons were retained in the defendant’s department doing the same work or work similar to the work that I had been performing, •or, in any event, doing clerical work, who were not veterans or honorably discharged…