Margerum v. Mayor & Common Council of the Borough of Princeton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Preskie, J.

The sole issue in this cause is whether the mayor and common council legally removed prosecutor, an exempt fireman, from his employment with the borough of Princeton.

We learn from the depositions taken that prosecutor, the holder of an exempt fireman’s certificate, was employed in October of 1928 by the mayor of the borough of Princeton as a night clerk. No oath of office was administered; prosecutor was not officially assigned to any department; and the duration of his employment was not fixed. Prosecutor acted as a telephone operator at…