Somers v. City of Bridgeport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for an injunction to restrain tbe defendant city from paying salaries to certain policemen; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and heard, before Robinson, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff.
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Suit for an injunction to restrain tbe defendant city from paying salaries to certain policemen; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and heard, before Robinson, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. The ease is fully stated in the opinion. 1. By the terms of the present revision of the charter of Bridgeport it is the duty of the mayor to nominate and of the council to confirm four police commissioners, two from each political party, who shall have the sole power of appointment and removal of the members of the police force. The…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is an equitable action to restrain the defendant from paying salaries to certain policemen. There are two grounds on which it is claimed an injunction should issue: first, that the policemen were not legally appointed ; and second, that the steps taken for their payment did not conform to the requirements of the city ordinances.
Their appointment devolved upon a non-partisan board of police commissioners, consisting of the mayor and two members from each of the two great political parties. The mayor presided, and could vote only when there was a tie. Any act of the board required the…
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