McAlpine v. City of Garfield

Leyden, 0. C. J.

James McAlpine sues for the compensation he would have received had he not been illegally dismissed from his employment as water plant superintendent of the City of Garfield. The answer consists of denials seriatim of the allegations of the complaint and separate defenses, variously stated, to the effect that the plaintiff was never lawfully appointed to or held any office, position or employment in the service of the City of Garfield. The denials are attacked as sham and the defenses as insufficient in law. The matters raised by these defenses are put in issue by the denial…