Adams v. Goldner

Plaintiff, a taxpayer in Union City, appeals from a judgment dismissing his complaint in lieu of prerogative writs which sought, in essence, to invalidate the promotion of defendant Goldner, a policeman in that city, to the position of sergeant, to prevent the payment of the increased salary flowing from the promotion, and to compel Goldner to repay to the municipality all sums of money paid to him in excess of his salary prior to the promotion. Goldner had been promoted on January 3, 1977, purportedly to fill a “vacancy” which allegedly was created when, on April 2, 1976, Sergeant Kenneth…