Schieffelin v. Enright
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Richard E. Enright, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 19th day of May, 1921, upon an order made at the New York Special Term granting plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings, declaring chapter 651 of the Laws of 1918, adding section 355-a to the Greater New York charter (Laws of 1901, chap. 466), inapplicable to defendant as police commissioner and…
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Appeal by the defendant, Richard E. Enright, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 19th day of May, 1921, upon an order made at the New York Special Term granting plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings, declaring chapter 651 of the Laws of 1918, adding section 355-a to the Greater New York charter (Laws of 1901, chap. 466), inapplicable to defendant as police commissioner and enjoining him from being carried on the police pension roll of the city as entitled to a pension of $3,750 per annum and…
1Opinion of the Court
Greenbaum, J.:
The undisputed facts are: From November 2, 1896, to January 23 or 24, 1918, defendant was a member of the police force of the city of New York and on the last-mentioned date he held the rank of lieutenant. On January 22, 1918, the mayor of the city of New York purported to grant the defendant, as such lieutenant, a leave of absence. On January 23, 1918, the mayor appointed him acting police commissioner and on January 24, 1918, duly appointed him police commissioner of the city of New York, an office which he has since continuously held.
On or about November 12, 1920, defendant…
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