People ex rel. Tregaskis v. Palmer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
. Appeal by the relator, John Tregaskis, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 13th day .of May, 1896, denying his motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus directing George W. Palmer, as comptroller of the city of Brooklyn, to notify the civil service commission of certain vacancies in his department, and to require said Palmer to request from said commission- a…
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. Appeal by the relator, John Tregaskis, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 13th day .of May, 1896, denying his motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus directing George W. Palmer, as comptroller of the city of Brooklyn, to notify the civil service commission of certain vacancies in his department, and to require said Palmer to request from said commission- a certification of names from among those graded highest, as a result of open competitive examinations, from which, to fill said…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
The petition of the relator shows him to be an honorably discharged soldier, who served in the United States army during the late civil war. Hé has heretofore entered, and successfully passed, five different competitive examinations held to test the fitness' and capability of applicants for clerical positions in the civil service of the city of Brooklyn. And he alleges that the defendant has not, pursuant to the laws of the State, and in obedience to the regulations of the civil service commission of the city of Brooklyn, notified said commission that there were clerical positions…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Wooster v. . MaherNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- People ex rel. Hoffman v. RuppNew York Supreme Court · 1895
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