Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Metcalf v. McAdoo

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 15, 1905PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal b;y the defendant, .William McAdoo,, as- policé commisrsio'ner of the city of New York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings- County Special Term and "entered in the-office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 2d day of November, 1905, granting the relator’s application for a peremjítóiy writ.. of mandamus.

1Opinion of the Court

Rich, J.:

On February 21, 1905, the appellant ordered the board of surgeons of the police department of the city of Hew York to convene •on the following day for the purpose of examining such members of the police force as he might designate and send before them, with reference to their physical condition and ability to perform police ■duty, and at the conclusion of such examination to certify “ through its President and Secretary whether or not, in the case of each ■officer, he is permanently disabled, physically or mentally, so as to be unfit for .duty.” Among the officers designated for…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Price v. BinghamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
  2. People ex rel. Hodgins v. BinghamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908

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