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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Edward D. Peters, Respondent, v. Robert B. Adam et al., Constituting the Civil Service Commission of the City of Buffalo, et al., Appellants, 1908 — 190 N.Y. 567 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Edward D. Peters, Respondent, v. Robert B. Adam et al., Constituting the Civil Service Commission of the City of Buffalo, et al., Appellants
190 N.Y. 567·New York Court of Appeals·1908·NY
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Edward D. Peters, Respondent, v. Robert B. Adam et al., Constituting the Civil Service Commission of the City of Buffalo, et al., Appellants.
People ex rel. Peters v. Adam, 122 App. Div. 898, affirmed.
(Argued January 7, 1908;
decided January 21, 1908.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered November 27, 1907, which affirmed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendants to reclassify and place in the exempt class the position of chief clerk in the bureau of engineering in the city of Buffalo.
Samuel F. Moran and Louis E. Desbecker for appellants.
William S. Jackson, Attorney-General (Samuel JHJ. Ordway of counsel), for State Civil Service Commission, appellant.
Simon Fleischmann for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett, Hiscock and Chase, JJ.