People ex rel. Gargan v. York

The relator originally prayed for a peremptory writ of mandamus directing the board of police to pay to him the sum of $600, due him as arrearage of salary, and also to pay to him in the future the sum of $2,000 annually. The facts in support of his allegation show that on the 29th day of November, 1898, he was assigned to the Central office bureau of detectives of the department of police in this city, to perform therein the duty *550of detective-sergeant, and that from that date he had continued to perform such duties; that instead of the sum of $2,000 annually, which is the salary of…