Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Boyle v. Greene
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 13, 1903Published
Appeal from Special Term, New York County. Mandamus by the people, on the relation of William F. Boyle, to compel Francis V. Greene, police commissioner of the city of New York, to recognize the relator as a detective sergeant. From an order granting a peremptory writ, the police commissioner appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
It appears from the record in the present proceeding that prior to April 20, 1901, the relator was a patrolman upon the police force of the city of New York. On that day he was assigned to the performance of duty in the detective bureau of such police force, under the terms of the following order:
“New York, April 20th, 1901.
“Captain Titus, Detective Bureau—Dear Sir: Patrolman William F. Boyle, of Twenty-Fifth Precinct, is hereby temporarily assigned to duty in your office for five days, from 8 a. m., 20th inst.
“William S. Devery,
“First Deputy Commissioner of Police.”
Pursuant to this…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Fay v. . PartridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1903