MATTER OF VERBIEST v. KENNEDY


4 Misc.2d 855 (1956)

In the Matter of Arthur T. Verbiest, Petitioner, v. Stephen P. Kennedy, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Trial Term, New York County.

November 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Hart for petitioner.

Peter Campbell Brown, Corporation Counsel (Thomas C. Patterson of counsel), for respondent.


HENRY EPSTEIN, J.

The Special Term has directed a trial of the issues of fact under section 1295 of the Civil Practice Act to determine whether the respondent police commissioner's determination was "arbitrary and capricious." That trial has been held. Petitioner, an honorably discharged veteran, was certified to the police department as eligible for appointment as a probationary patrolman. Three times the petitioner...

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