People ex rel. Washburn v. French
New York Supreme Court
Certiorari on the relation of George Washburn against Stephen B. French and others, constituting the board of police commissioners of the city of Hew York, to review proceedings of the board in retiring relator from service and placing him on the pension roll.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
The relator was appointed a patrolman in 1856. In 1862 he entered the army and served during the war to its close, in 1865, when he was honorably discharged. Thereafter, in 1865, he was again appointed patrolman, and continued to be a member of the force until June, 1887, in the mean time having attained the rank of captain. On the last-mentioned day he was dismissed and placed on the roll of the police pension fund, because he had then reached the age of 60 years, the authority to make such dismissal being claimed from the provisions of section 2, c. 364, of the Laws of 1885. The question…
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