State ex rel. Pinkerman v. Rusling
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for a writ of mandamus requiring the respondents, as the board of police commissioners of the city of Bridgeport, to restore the relator to the office of captain of police, from which office it was alleged he had been wrongfully dismissed by said board; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried by the court, Thayer, J., upon the respondents’ motion to quash the application ; the court granted the motion, dismissed the application and rendered…
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Application for a writ of mandamus requiring the respondents, as the board of police commissioners of the city of Bridgeport, to restore the relator to the office of captain of police, from which office it was alleged he had been wrongfully dismissed by said board; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried by the court, Thayer, J., upon the respondents’ motion to quash the application ; the court granted the motion, dismissed the application and rendered judgment for the respondents, and the relator appealed for alleged errors of the court in its rulings on said motion.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, C. J.
This was an application to the Superior Court iu Fairfield County, praying that a writ of peremptory mandamus be issued commanding the defendants, the board of police commissioners for the city of Bridgeport, to restore the relator to the office of captain of police in the said city.
The application was, by the consent of all parties, treated as the alternative writ. Service was made, the parties appeared in court, and the defendants moved that the writ be quashed. That motion was granted and the relator appealed.
The facts are these :—1
Prior to the 25th day of June, 1892, the relator was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Munday v. Board of Fire CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- American Casualty Insurance & Security Co. v. FylerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
- State v. StaubSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1892
- Freeman v. Selectmen & Town ClerkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1867
3Cited by6 opinions
- Bartlett v. City of RockvilleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1963
- State ex rel. Early v. WunderlichSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- State ex rel. Julian v. Board of Metropolitan Police CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
- Borough of Ansonia v. StudleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Johnson v. City of WildwoodSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1936
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