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William v. McCooey

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 1, 1905
100 App. Div. 240 (N.Y. App. Div. 1905)

Opinion

January, 1905.

William B. Crowell, for the appellants.

Louis J. Grant, for the respondent.

Present — VAN BRUNT, P.J., PATTERSON, O'BRIEN, HATCH and LAUGHLIN, JJ.


Neither upon the facts nor the law was there warrant for the granting of a peremptory writ of mandamus. In the absence of charges of bad faith or illegal action we cannot review the determination of the civil service commissioners in rating candidates in competitive examinations, either by certiorari or by mandamus. ( Matter of Allaire v. Knox, 62 App. Div. 29; affd., 168 N.Y. 642. )

The order appealed from must be reversed, with costs, and the motion denied.


Order reversed, with costs, and motion denied, with costs.


Summaries of

William v. McCooey

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jan 1, 1905
100 App. Div. 240 (N.Y. App. Div. 1905)
Case details for

William v. McCooey

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. WILLIAM C. BRAISTED…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jan 1, 1905

Citations

100 App. Div. 240 (N.Y. App. Div. 1905)

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