Crawford v. City of Sheridan

Plaintiffs, electors and taxpayers of Sheridan, alleging that the City had appointed Sam Wilson, a resident of Billings, Montana, as Chief of Police of Sheridan in violation of Art. 6, § 15, Wyo.Const., sought an injunction to restrain the City from paying Wilson’s salary. Defendants moved to dismiss the action on the ground that under the applicable statutes the position of chief of the police department in “council-mdnager” forms of municipal government, such as Sheridan, is not a civil or military office within the constitutional provisions; that the action of injunction was not the proper…