Galvin v. St. Paul City
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, the City of St. Paul, from a judgment of the District Court of Bamsey County, William Louis Kelly, J., entered February 20, 1894, against it and in favor of plaintiff, Louis J. Galvin, for $650.64. Appeal also by defendant, the City of St. Paul, from a judgment of the same court entered the same day against it and in favor of plaintiff John P. Walsh for a like amount.
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Appeal by defendant, the City of St. Paul, from a judgment of the District Court of Bamsey County, William Louis Kelly, J., entered February 20, 1894, against it and in favor of plaintiff, Louis J. Galvin, for $650.64. Appeal also by defendant, the City of St. Paul, from a judgment of the same court entered the same day against it and in favor of plaintiff John P. Walsh for a like amount. Each of these plaintiffs was serving on the police force of the City of St. Paul, September 6, 1892, and had been serving for a considerable time. They were receiving pay at the rate of $75 per month. On…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
1. By the charter of the city of St. Paul (Sp. Laws 18S7, ch. 48, § 12), the mayor is given the povrer to remove any officer *477■or member of the police department, “provided, that such removal shall not take effect until notice thereof is given to the common council and the action of the mayor is concurred in” by a majority of all members of said council. This proviso is perfectly plain, and plaintiffs’ removal did not become effectual, so far as their right to recover in these cases is concerned, until the mayor’s action was concurred in by the board of aldermen, May 16, 1893. That the…
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