State ex rel. Furlong v. McColl
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon tbe relation of James M. Furlong, tbe district court for' Ramsey county granted its writ of certiorari directed to Henry Me-Coll, as commissioner of public safety of tbe city of St. Paul, and to tbe city of St. Paul, to review tbeir action in dismissing-relator. Tbe respondent commissioner made return and tbe matter was beard before Brill, J., wbo quashed tbe writ. Prom tbe judgment entered pursuant to tbe order quashing the writ, relator appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHamam, J.
Certiorari to review the action of the commissioner of public ■safety of the city of St. Paul in dismissing relator from the police force. The St. Paul charter in its present amended form went into effect June 1, 1914. The commissioner of public safety is the head ■of the police department. Relator was a lieutenant of police when the amended charter went into effect. On August 4, 1914, the commissioner undertook to remove the relator by sending him a written notice in the following terms: “You are hereby notified that on this ■day you were removed, to take effect the 5th day of August, 1914,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Ziehen v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
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