CONNELL v. CARPENTER


9 N.J. Super. 236 (1950)

75 A.2d 905

EDWARD CONNELL, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. WILLIAM S. CARPENTER, PRESIDENT, DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. EDWARD RIKEMAN AND PATRICK ANTONACCIO, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. WILLIAM S. CARPENTER, PRESIDENT, DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided October 18, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David H. Harris argued the cause for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mr. John W. Griggs, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for defendant-respondent (Mr. Theodore D. Parsons, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Before Judges McGEEHAN, JAYNE and WM. J. BRENNAN,


The opinion of the court was delivered by McGEEHAN, S.J.A.D.

The sole question presented is whether the Department of Civil Service erred in holding the appellants ineligible to take an examination, which was held on February 18, 1950, for promotion from the rank of patrolman to the rank of sergeant in the City of Jersey City.

In 1949 the Department of Civil Service gave public notice that an examination would be held for sergeant in the Police Department...

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