Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Silvio A. Lanza, Respondent, for an Order of Mandamus against George J. Ryan, as President, and Others, as Members of the Board of Education of the City of New York, and Others, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1929-12
Citations: 228 A.D. 632
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Silvio A. Lanza, Respondent, for an Order of Mandamus against George J. Ryan, as President, and Others, as Members of the Board of Education of the City of New York, and Others, Appellants,
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 228
Pages: 632–632

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Silvio A. Lanza, Respondent, for an Order of Mandamus against George J. Ryan, as President, and Others, as Members of the Board of Education of the City of New York, and Others, Appellants,

Opinion:
?% peremptory order reversed upon the law and the facts, without costs, and motion granted to the extent of directing that an alternative mandamus order issue, without costs. The court is of opinion that the by-law of August 8, 1928, passed after the examination had béen held, was unauthorized as subversive of the spirit of the Civil Service Law because of its discriminatory character. Lazansky, P. J., Young, Seeger, Carswell and Scudder, JJ., concur.
Affd., N. Y. 581.