Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Emma Walker, Appellant, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus against William H. Maxwell, as Superintendent of Schools of the City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1908-01-21
Citations: 190 N.Y. 566
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Emma Walker, Appellant, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus against William H. Maxwell, as Superintendent of Schools of the City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 190
Pages: 566–566

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Emma Walker, Appellant, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus against William H. Maxwell, as Superintendent of Schools of the City of New York, Respondent.
Matter of Walker v. Maxwell, 120 App. Div. 571, affirmed.
(Argued January 6, 1908;
decided January 21, 1908.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered June 7, 1907, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendant to place the name of the petitioner upon the eligible list of persons holding “ teachers’ license for promotion ” in the elementary public schools of the city of New York.
David Doss for appellant.
Francis K. Pendleton, Corporation Counsel {Theodore Connoly and Stephen O’Brien of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Oh. J., Gray, Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett, Hisoock and Chase, JJ.