State ex rel. Denison v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Bt. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Amos M. Thayek, Judge. By section five of the charter (2R. S., p. 1590), an appointed officer may be removed by the mayor or council for cause. By section eight (2 R. S., p. 1591), an appointed officer is subject to removal by a majority of the elected members of the council. Nothing in this section limits the right of removal to a case where cause shall exist for the same. The right to remove is absolute.
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Appeal from Bt. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Amos M. Thayek, Judge. By section five of the charter (2R. S., p. 1590), an appointed officer may be removed by the mayor or council for cause. By section eight (2 R. S., p. 1591), an appointed officer is subject to removal by a majority of the elected members of the council. Nothing in this section limits the right of removal to a case where cause shall exist for the same. The right to remove is absolute. By section eleven (2 R. S., p. 1591), it is made the duty of the mayor or council to remove an officer, whether elected or appointed, who…
1Opinion of the Court
Black, J. —
A writ of certiorari was sued out of the ■circuit court in this case to test the validity of a resolution of the council of the municipal assembly of St. Louis, removing the relator from the office of police justice. The return to the writ, upon which judgment was given for relator, shows that the council, on the nineteenth of May, 1885, adopted a resolution which recites, in general terms, a current report of political •abuses in various city institutions, and then a committee ■of three is raised to inquire into the management of the affairs of the several departments,” with power…
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