Hardwick v. Kramer

This is a proceeding pursuant to article 78 of the Civil Practice Act in the nature of an application for an order of mandamus to compel the performance by public officers of alleged public duties. The respondents are the city clerk and the corporation counsel of the City of Kingston.

The petitioners are the president of the Uniformed Firemen’s Association of Kingston, the president of the Kingston Patrolmen’s Association and a member of a committee of patrolmen, firemen and citizens of Kingston which sponsored the preparation of a petition for increased salaries and additional increments for…