Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Paul Meyer, Petitioner, for an Order of Certiorari against Sigismund S. Goldwater, Commissioner of Hospitals of the City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1940-06-19
Citations: 260 A.D. 3
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Paul Meyer, Petitioner, for an Order of Certiorari against Sigismund S. Goldwater, Commissioner of Hospitals of the City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 260
Pages: 3–4

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Paul Meyer, Petitioner, for an Order of Certiorari against Sigismund S. Goldwater, Commissioner of Hospitals of the City of New York, Respondent.
First Department,
June 19, 1940.
David Morgulas of counsel [Milton U. Copland with him on the brief; M. Carl Levine, Morgulas & Foreman, attorneys], for the petitioner.
Henry J. Shields of counsel [William C. Chanler, Corporation Counsel], for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
While we find that the evidence is insufficient to sustain either of the first two specifications upon which petitioner was discharged, we think there is sufficient evidence in the record to support the third specification. The last named charge was, in effect, that petitioner had received and accepted money from a contractor doing business with the department. The evidence supports this charge, and shows that the money was used by the petitioner in a stock brokerage account. While there is no direct evidence that at the time the money was received petitioner had control, or was passing upon any work done by this contractor, or that his official conduct was influenced by the payments received, still we think that the circumstances justify a finding by the department head that petitioner's conduct warranted dismissal.
The determination should be confirmed, with fifty dollars costs and disbursements.
Present • — Martin, P. J., Unteemyeb, Does, Cohn and Callahan, JJ.
Determination unanimously confirmed, with fifty dollars costs and disbursements.