Silgen v. City of Fond du Lac

The plaintiffs’ contentions may be stated as that the ordinance reducing salaries is void, (1) because not pursuant to a “recommendation” of the board of fire and police commissioners; (2) because not made at the first meeting of the council in February; (3) because the board of fire and police commissioners was not legally constituted. The *338defendants contend by motion to review that, (4) their motion to quash the alternative writ should have been granted. This contention of the defendants will be first considered.(4) The defendants claim that mandamus will not lie to compel the issuance of…