Mahan v. Bacon

This is an application for a mandamus directed to the commissioner of public works of the city of Rome, N. Y., to restore William Mahan, the petitioner, to the position of caretaker of the Stokes reservoir. The petitioner in June of 1919 tried and passed a civil service examination conducted by the municipal civil service commission of the city of Rome for the position known as “ caretaker of Stokes Reservoir.” In July, 1919, the petitioner was appointed from the eligible civil service list and his appointment has been continued under successive administrations until February 13, 1934, when…