Sclawr v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Eamsey county to recover $309.32 for wages as a member of defendant’s police department. The answer alleged that defendant acquiesced in his removal from service. The case was tried before Brill, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action, and a jury which returned a verdict for the amount demanded. From an order denying its motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtSchaller, J.
From the nineteenth of July, 1912, up to August 10, 1914, plaintiff had been in the employ of the city of St. Paul in its police department *239as a patrolman. He had been receiving the sum of $80 per month from the city as wages. On the tenth of August, 1914, the commissioner of public safety notified Sclawr in writing that he had been on that date removed from the police department of St. Paul for inefficiency. The notice signed by the commissioner of public safety was delivered to plaintiff at the Ducas street police station by the officer in charge. Plaintiff was at that time one of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Larsen v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- State ex rel. Furlong v. McCollSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Byrne v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
- Markus v. City of DuluthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
- In Re Appeal & Contest of OsborneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1926