Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Frank M. Peterkin and Christ Svendsen, Respondents, for an Order of Mandamus against George U. Harvey, as President of the Borough of Queens, and/or John J. Halleran, as Commissioner of Public Works of the Borough of Queens, Appellants, and Others
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1935-04
Citations: 244 A.D. 728
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Frank M. Peterkin and Christ Svendsen, Respondents, for an Order of Mandamus against George U. Harvey, as President of the Borough of Queens, and/or John J. Halleran, as Commissioner of Public Works of the Borough of Queens, Appellants, and Others.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 244
Pages: 728–728

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Frank M. Peterkin and Christ Svendsen, Respondents, for an Order of Mandamus against George U. Harvey, as President of the Borough of Queens, and/or John J. Halleran, as Commissioner of Public Works of the Borough of Queens, Appellants, and Others.

Opinion:
In a mandamus proceeding to compel the reinstatement of petitioners in their respective positions in the civil service in the department of public works, borough of Queens, and for the recovery of their salaries during the period of suspension, peremptory mandamus order modified by striking out the provisions thereof requiring the payment to petitioners of back pay for the period from May 31, 1933, to the date of their reinstatement, and, as so modified, unanimously affirmed, with costs to the respondents, on the authority of Matter of Barmonde v. Kaplan (266 N. Y. 214). Present — Lazansky, P. J., Young, Hagarty, Carswell and Tompkins, JJ.