Wilkinson v. Board of Police Commissioners
Michigan Supreme Court
Oertiorm'i to Saginaw; McKnight, J.. John C. Wilkinson applied to the circuit court for mandamus to compel the board of police commissioners of the city of Saginaw to reinstate him as a member of the police force of said city. From an order denying the writ, relator brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
Relator was a member of the police force at Saginaw, having been appointed to the position of patrolman on June 21, 1893, by the board of police commissioners. The appointment fixed no term, and we are not informed that it was for a definite period. Charges were preferred against him, and a hearing was had before the board, who made an order dismissing him from the service. The circuit court refused a writ of man-*395damns to compel the board to reinstate him, and he has brought the proceedings here by certiorari.
The charges were, in substance, that on the night of November 1,1894, he, with other…
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- Fuller v. EllisMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
- Wellman v. Board of Metropolitan PoliceMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
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