People Ex Rel. Riordan v. . Feldman
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered July 3, 1917, which reversed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendants to accept relator’s application and permit him to enter and take part in a certain examination for the position of captain in the police department of the city of Buffalo, to be held by said commission, and rate his merit and fitness…
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered July 3, 1917, which reversed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendants to accept relator’s application and permit him to enter and take part in a certain examination for the position of captain in the police department of the city of Buffalo, to be held by said commission, and rate his merit and fitness pursuant to law and certify his name if found eligible for promotion as a result of such examination. The application for a…
1Opinion of the Court
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Cardozo, McLaughlin and Crane, JJ. Not voting: Hogan, J.
2Cited by1 opinion
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