State ex rel. Zimmerman v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Writ of certiorari issued from the district court for Ramsey county to defendant city, R. T. O’Connor and others, as the board of police of said city, and Charles W. Copley, as secretary of said board, to review the action of the board in removing relator from' the position of police patrolman. The matter was heard before O. B. Lewis, J., who made an order quashing the writ. From a judgment entered pursuant to the order, relator appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Prior to May 1,1900, the municipal code of St. Paul provided that the mayor of the city appoint policemen with the advice and consent of the assembly, and that policemen might be removed at any time by the mayor upon concurrence of a majority vote of the common council, and that the council could remove by a two-thirds vote, without the preferment of charges; also that the mayor might remove any member at any time within six months from the date of such member’s appointment. On May 1, 1900, the people of St. Paul voted upon and adopted a new charter, which went into effect on that day.…
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