154 A.D. 166 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1912
Present—Ingraham, P. J., Laughlin, Clarke, Scott and Mhler, JJ.
The following is the opinion of the Special Term:
This is an application for a writ of mandamus requiring respondent “ to place the relator’s name upon the list of those eligible for appointment to the position of principal in the public schools of the city of New York * * *, to appoint the relator as principal ” and to reinstate him in such position. The undisputed facts are that prior to January 4, 1904, after satisfactorily passing the. requisite examination, relator’s name was placed on the eligible list for the position of principal; that on January fourth he was appointed principal; that in November, 1903, he had received what is called a “ temporary principal’s license * * * good for a period of one year from and after the date of the commencement of service; ” that about December 1, 1904, the board of school superintendents declared his work fit and meritorious pursuant to section 1091 of the charter.
See Laws of 1901, chap. 466, § 1091. Since amd. by Laws of 1911, chap. 903, and Laws of 1913, chap. 459.— [Rep.
See Laws of 1901, chap. 466, § 1089, as amd. by Laws of 1901, chap. 718, and Laws of 1912, chap. 455.— [Rep.