Michaelis v. Board of Fire Commissioners
Supreme Court of New Jersey
The prosecutor brings up certain proceedings to remove him from the office or employment as engineer of Engine Company No. 1, to the position of stoker of Engine Company No. 3.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Reed, J.
The prosecutor attacks the resolution of the board of fire commissioners of Jersey City, which made the transfer above mentioned. He claims that by the terms of the act of 1885 (Pamph. L., p. 130), no power was vested in the board to make the transfer. This act provides that the officers and men employed by municipal authority in the fire *155department of any city shall severally hold their respective offices, and continue in their respective employments during good behavior, efficiency and residence in said city. It then provides for the removal…
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