Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Irving H. Saypol Leo Kotler for William C. Chanler, Corporation Counsel ( Robert H. Schaffer, Paxton Blair M. Camper O'Neal of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of JOHN P. WARD et al., Appellants, against PAUL J. KERN et al., as Commissioners of the Municipal Civil Service Commission of the City of New York et al., Respondents. Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: LOUGHRAN, FINCH, RIPPEY, SEARS and LEWIS, JJ. Dissenting: LEHMAN, Ch. J., and CONWAY, J.