People Ex Rel. Peck v. Commissioners of the Department of Fire & Buildings
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department made February 15, 1887, which affirmed an order of Special Term, affirming the proceedings of the defendant in removing the relator from his position as a member of the Department of Fire and .Buildings in the city of Brooklyn. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtEael, J.
The petitioner presented to the Supreme Court :a verified petition in which he represented that he was, and .had "been for a long time, a member of the department of fire and buildings of the city of Brooklyn ; that on the 15th day of September, 1879, he was a duly appointed and acting detailed fireman of that department, having been appointed by the commissioners of that department; that on that day the com missioners irregularly, illegally and without authority or jurisdiction, and without cause, removed him from his position ; and he- prayed for a writ of certiorari directed to the…
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