State ex rel. Chapman v. Walbridge
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Selden P. Spencer, Judge. (1) A policeman, appointed as such by the board of police commissioners of the city of St. Louis, is entitled to serve for a fixed and definite period of four years from and after the date of his appointment.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Selden P. Spencer, Judge. (1) A policeman, appointed as such by the board of police commissioners of the city of St. Louis, is entitled to serve for a fixed and definite period of four years from and after the date of his appointment. Laws of 1860-61, p. 449, sec. 6 (2 R. S. Mo. 1889, p. 2195). (2) But if his period of employment has expired and he is neither re-appointed, nor takes the steps necessary to procure such re-appointment by reason of the preference afforded him by the law, he is a mere “hold over,” a locum tenens, and may be…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, P. J.
The appellants are the Board of Police Commissioners of the city of St. Louis. This appeal is taken from a judgment of the circuit court of said city, granting a peremptory writ of mandamus commanding the said Board of Police Commissioners to rescind its order of October 22, 1895, dropping relator from the rolls of the police force of said city, to reinstate Mm as a policeman for the unexpired term of four years beginning July 1, 1893, and to issue to relator a warrant upon the city treasurer for $1,352.79, compensation found to be due him from October 22, 1895, to the day of judgment.
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2Cases cited22 opinions
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- State ex rel. Reid v. WalbridgeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- People ex rel. Dorsey v. SmythCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
- State ex rel. Denison v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
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- City of Macon v. BunchSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
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