Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) William C. Chanler, Corporation Counsel ( Robert H. Schaffer, Oscar L. Tucker Denis B. Sullivan of counsel), for Emil K. Ellis, Louis Gruss S. David Stutson for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of ALFRED E. SMITH, JR., et al., Constituting a Committee of the Council of the City of New York, Respondents, against PAUL J. KERN, Individually and as President of the Municipal Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, Appellant. Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: LOUGHRAN, FINCH, RIPPEY, LEWIS, CONWAY and DESMOND, JJ. LEHMAN, Ch. J., dissents on the ground that a subcommittee of one is without power to compel a witness against his will to appear for any examination which is not public.