State Ex Rel. Sloane v. Reidy

In this proceeding in the nature of quo warranto, the plaintiffs, as residents and taxpayers of the city of Waterbury, challenge the validity of certain provisional promotions of policemen and firemen made by the boards of police commissioners and fire commissioners. The plaintiffs’ attack is based principally on the ground that pro visional appointments made, as these were, without the approval of the director of personnel, violate the civil service system amendment of the city charter. The defendants answer this attack by claiming, in the alternative, either that the whole amendment is…