Schieffelin v. Lahey

The plaintiff has brought a taxpayer’s action to restrain the appropriate officers of the city of New York from “ certifying any payrolls containing the name of defendant William J. Lahey as a member of the uniformed police force of the police department of the city of New York, or for the payment of any moneys to said defendant Lahey for services as a member of said uniformed police force.” Prior to January 24, 1918, the defendant Lahey was and had been for many years a member of the uniformed police force of the police department of the city of New York, and on that date held the rank or…