Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Henry A. Wittekind, Battalion Chief, James M. McMahon, Captain, Edward C. Belsky, Lieutenant, and Francis B. Martin, Fireman, of the Fire Department of the City of New York, Individually, etc., Petitioners-Respondents, for an Order under Article 78, Civil Practice Act, against Paul J. Kern, President, and Ferdinand Q. Morton and Wallace S. Sayre, Commissioners, Constituting the Municipal Civil Service Commission for the City of New York, John J. McElligott, Fire Chief and Fire Commissioner of the City of New York, and City of New York, Appellants. William F. McDonald and Frank Rubino, Intervenors, Appellants. In the Matter of the Application of Henry A. Wittekind, Battalion Chief, and Others, etc., Petitioners, Respondents, for an Order under Article 78, Civil Practice Act, against Paul J. Kern, President, and Others, etc., Defendants. William F. McDonald and Frank Rubino, Intervenors, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1939-02-24
Citations: 256 A.D. 918
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Henry A. Wittekind, Battalion Chief, James M. McMahon, Captain, Edward C. Belsky, Lieutenant, and Francis B. Martin, Fireman, of the Fire Department of the City of New York, Individually, etc., Petitioners-Respondents, for an Order under Article 78, Civil Practice Act, against Paul J. Kern, President, and Ferdinand Q. Morton and Wallace S. Sayre, Commissioners, Constituting the Municipal Civil Service Commission for the City of New York, John J. McElligott, Fire Chief and Fire Commissioner of the City of New York, and City of New York, Appellants. William F. McDonald and Frank Rubino, Intervenors, Appellants. In the Matter of the Application of Henry A. Wittekind, Battalion Chief, and Others, etc., Petitioners, Respondents, for an Order under Article 78, Civil Practice Act, against Paul J. Kern, President, and Others, etc., Defendants. William F. McDonald and Frank Rubino, Intervenors, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 256
Pages: 918–919

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Henry A. Wittekind, Battalion Chief, James M. McMahon, Captain, Edward C. Belsky, Lieutenant, and Francis B. Martin, Fireman, of the Fire Department of the City of New York, Individually, etc., Petitioners-Respondents, for an Order under Article 78, Civil Practice Act, against Paul J. Kern, President, and Ferdinand Q. Morton and Wallace S. Sayre, Commissioners, Constituting the Municipal Civil Service Commission for the City of New York, John J. McElligott, Fire Chief and Fire Commissioner of the City of New York, and City of New York, Appellants. William F. McDonald and Frank Rubino, Intervenors, Appellants. In the Matter of the Application of Henry A. Wittekind, Battalion Chief, and Others, etc., Petitioners, Respondents, for an Order under Article 78, Civil Practice Act, against Paul J. Kern, President, and Others, etc., Defendants. William F. McDonald and Frank Rubino, Intervenors, Appellants.

Opinion:
Order entered on or about December 31, 1938, affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements. No opinion. Present — O'Malley, Townley, Dore, Cohn and Callahan, JJ.; Callahan, J., dissents and votes to reverse and deny the motion for an order directing the muniei pal civil service commission for the city of New York to revoke the resolution adopted by it at its meeting on September 8, 1938, on the ground that the action taken was within the power and discretion of the defendants-appellants.— Order entered February 9, 1939, affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements to the petitioners-respondents against the intervenors-appellants. No opinion. Present — O'Malley, Townley, Dore, Cohn and Callahan, JJ.; Callahan, J., dissents and votes to reverse and grant the motion of the intervenors-defendants to amend their answers. [See 170 Mise. 939.]