People Ex Rel. Flynn v. . Woods
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered November 5, 1915, which reversed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendant to certify so much of the payroll of the police department of the city of New York as concerns the salary of the relator’s intestate as patrolman, and denied said motion. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered November 5, 1915, which reversed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendant to certify so much of the payroll of the police department of the city of New York as concerns the salary of the relator’s intestate as patrolman, and denied said motion. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. A policeman suspended from the performance of the duties of his office by the appointing power, ■ hut not removed, is entitled…
1Opinion of the CourtSeabury, J.
This appeal presents the question whether the police commissioner of the city of 37ew York should be required to certify to the comptroller of the said city the payroll of the police department of that city so far as it concerns the salary of Patrolman Flynn from the 12th day of March, 1914, to the 20th day of April, 1915, in the sum of $1,536.
The facts are undisputed. On March 11th, 1914, Flynn, a patrolman in the police department, was charged with shooting a citizen and arresting a citizen upon a false charge. Upon the making of said charges Flynn was suspended without pay. The hearing…
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