Wendell v. City of Brooklyn
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an appeal from a judgment of the city court of Brooklyn. In 1853 the plaintiff was health officer of the city of Brooklyn.
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THIS was an appeal from a judgment of the city court of Brooklyn. In 1853 the plaintiff was health officer of the city of Brooklyn. On the 21st of January, 1853, the common council passed the following resolution: “ Resolved, That the policemen of the city of Brooklyn, already appointed, as well as those to be hereafter appointed, be ordered to appear individually before the officer of health for inspection; and that each policeman shall present to the mayor, before March the first next, a certificate from the aforesaid officer, setting forth his physical qualifications for a proper discharge…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Oourt, Brown, J.
The plaintiff is the health officer of the city of Brooklyn, and the action is brought to recover compensation for services rendered in the examination of 146 policemen, and granting them certificates of physical capacity for their position.
The resolution of the common council of the 21st January, 1853, directed the policemen already appointed, as well as those to be thereafter appointed, to appear individually before the health officer for inspection; and further directed that each policeman should present to the mayor, before the first of March thereafter, a…
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