Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Irving R. Brown, Respondent, for a Mandamus Order against Frederick Stuart Greene, Superintendent of Public Works of the State of New York, and Others, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1935-03
Citations: 243 A.D. 835
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Irving R. Brown, Respondent, for a Mandamus Order against Frederick Stuart Greene, Superintendent of Public Works of the State of New York, and Others, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 835–835

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Irving R. Brown, Respondent, for a Mandamus Order against Frederick Stuart Greene, Superintendent of Public Works of the State of New York, and Others, Appellants.

Opinion:
The petitioner was suspended from his position as assistant architectural draftsman or designer, Department of Public Works, Division of Architecture, while others in the same grade, having less seniority, were retained. No one was appointed to fill the position made vacant because of the suspension of the petitioner. He is entitled to be reinstated and the order appealed from should be affirmed, with costs. Order unanimously affirmed, with costs. Present — Hill, P. J., McNamee, Crapser, Bliss and Heffernan, JJ.