People ex rel. Wohlfarth v. York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, New York county. Applications for mandamus, on the relation of Frederick Wohlfarth, against Bernard J. York and others, commissioners of police of the city of New York. From an order granting a motion for a peremptory writ, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
The relator, Frederick Wohlfarth, was appointed a member of the police force of the village of College Point, in the county of Queens, at a meeting of the board of trustees of said village, on the 11th day of June, 1897. At a subsequent meeting, held June 17th, he was appointed captain of police, and his salary was fixed at $1,000 per yeár, the term of office to commence on the 1st day of July following. A sergeant and six patrolmen were appointed at the same time, the sergeant to have a salary of $900 per year, and the patrolmen $800 per year each. The facts are the same in each case, in so…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. Nugent v. Board of Police CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
3Cited by1 opinion
- Hendrickson v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899