People ex rel. Carll v. York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Dennis J. Carll, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Queens County Special Term and entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Queens on the 5th day of February, 1900, denying his application for an order directing the defendants to reinstate the relator as a captain on the police force of the city of Hew York.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirsohbebg, J.:
The relator claims that at the time of the creation of the city of Hew York as now. constituted, by the consolidation of several municipalities, he was captain of the police of the village of White-stone in Queens county, and that by virtue of the provisions of the charter he was entitled to be retained in the position. By the consolidation the village of Wliitestone became incorporated into the city of Hew York, but the respondents, the board of police commissioners of that city, refuse to recognize the relator as a police captain. This proceeding was instituted to compel such…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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