Ziegler v. City Manager, C., Hackensack

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, J.

On November 17th, 1914, the Hackensack improvement commission passed an ordinance setting up a paid fire department and on December 7th, 1914, appointed William Ziegler as chief. On December 18th, 1914, the appointment was revoked. However, Ziegler was forthwith appointed acting chief and on December 29th, 1914, was again appointed chief, lie served under the last appointment until October 16th, 1933, when the office of tire chief was abolished. Forthwith Ziegler’s name was dropped from the roll. There were no charges of dereliction in duty and…