Wiggin v. Manchester
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, for services. Facts agreed. Transferred from tbe January term, 1904, of tbe superior court by Wallace, C. J. At a meeting of tlie lands and buildings committee of the board of mayor and aldermen of Manchester, held March 21, 1903, Charles W. Skinner was employed as janitor of the police station for one year from the first day of the following April.
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Assumpsit, for services. Facts agreed. Transferred from tbe January term, 1904, of tbe superior court by Wallace, C. J. At a meeting of tlie lands and buildings committee of the board of mayor and aldermen of Manchester, held March 21, 1903, Charles W. Skinner was employed as janitor of the police station for one year from the first day of the following April. In making the contract of employment, the committee acted under the provisions of section 2, chapter 34, Laws and Ordinances of the City of Manchester, which is as follows: “ The joint standing committee on lands and buildings shall…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, C. J.
The question whether the legislature have power to establish, by appointment of the state executive, boards of police commissioners who should have control over local police matters, including the appointment of police officers and the determination of the amount of their compensation, was determined affirmatively in Gooch v. Exeter, 70 N. H. 413. The decision was upon the ground that the “ principal duty ” of the police “ is to assist in the preservation of the public peace — a matter of public concern,” and that “ they are state or public officers — not town or private officers.” Ib. 414;…
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