Horton v. City Council & City Treasurer of Newport
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Petition for writ of mandamus on facts fully set forth in opinion. Heard on answer to alternative writ. Prayer granted.
1Opinion of the CourtParkhurst, J.
This was a petition for a writ of mandamus brought by Jeremiah W. Horton, John H. Wetherell, and Frederick B. Coggeshall, police, commissioners of the city of Newport, against the city council and city treasurer of the city of Newport, to compel the payment of the salaries of the petitioners for the month of February, A. D. 1905, as provided in section 9 of chapter 804 of the Public Laws.
The petition in the first clause sets forth the creation and establishment of a police commission for the city of Newport, under chapter 804 of the Public Laws of Rhode Island. The second clause recites the…
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