Case Name: In the Matter of Anna G. Podell, Appellant, against William Hodson, as Commissioner of the Department of Welfare of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1941-03-13
Citations: 285 N.Y. 637
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Anna G. Podell, Appellant, against William Hodson, as Commissioner of the Department of Welfare of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 285
Pages: 637–638

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Anna G. Podell, Appellant, against William Hodson, as Commissioner of the Department of Welfare of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Argued February 26, 1941;
decided March 13, 1941.
Herbert Plaut and Harold Davis for appellant.
William C. Chanter, Corporation Counsel (Charles F. Murphy and Paxton Blair of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
Order of Appellate Division reversed and that of Special Term affirmed, with costs in this court and in the Appellate Division. The appointment of petitioner became absolute, and was not conditional subject to re-examination as to qualifications by the Municipal Civil Service Commission. The law admits of no conditional appointments such as is claimed by the Commission. (See Matter of Wolff v. Hodson, 285 N. Y. 197.) No opinion.
Concur: Lehman, Ch. J., Loughran, Finch, Rippey, Lewis, Conway and Desmond, JJ.