People ex rel. Hemmert v. York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, George Hemmert, from an order of the • Supreme Court, made at the Queens County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 31st day of March, 1899, denying the relator’s motion for a-peremptory writ of mandamus, directed to the respondents, commanding them to recognize the relator as a member of the-police force of the city of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
On the 5th day of August, 1896, the trustees of the village of Arverne-by.-the-Sea, in Queens county, adopted a resolution appointing the relator police constable, without regular compensation, his term to continue during the pleasure of the board. On the 1st day of December, 1897, the trustees of the village adopted a series of resolutions appointing Edward Stroscheirn, Michael Albert, John Henry Mills and George Hemmert, the relator, each a policeman of the village for the term of one year thereafter. These resolutions fixed specified sums as salaries for Stroscheirn,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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