In re Pritchard
New York Supreme Court
Applications for writs' of peremptory mandamus against the police board of Buffalo, H. Y., commanding the reinstatement of relators as detective sergeants.
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
The charter of Buffalo (§ 191) provides that “ the superintendent (of police) shall detail for detective duty such patrolmen * * * as he shall from time to time select. The patrolmen so detailed shall compose the detectives of the force and during the time said patrolmen are detailed for detective duty they shall have the rank and pay of sergeants and be known as detective sergeants.”'
Belators, who are regularly appointed patrolmen of the police force of Buffalo, had been, prior to April 13, 1906, ■detailed as detective sergeants and had for some time been acting as such; but, on said date,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matter of Sugden v. . PartridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- People ex rel. Lahey v. PartridgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902