In re Cruise
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari order granted out of the Supreme Court at the Rensselaer Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Columbia on the 27th day of July, 1922, directed to the commission of public safety of the city of Hudson, N. Y., commanding said commission to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Columbia all and singular its proceedings had in connection with the removal of the petitioner from the office of chief of police of…
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Certiorari order granted out of the Supreme Court at the Rensselaer Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Columbia on the 27th day of July, 1922, directed to the commission of public safety of the city of Hudson, N. Y., commanding said commission to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Columbia all and singular its proceedings had in connection with the removal of the petitioner from the office of chief of police of the city of Hudson.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Kirk, J.:
The commission of public safety of the city of Hudson (which we shall herein call the commission) consists of three members, appointed by the mayor. Members of this commission are public officers. (Laws of 1921, chap. 669, §§ 6, 28, 260, entitled “ An Act to revise the charter of the city of Hudson.”) The commission has power to appoint policemen and to remove for cause at any time' any policeman; it may also suspend temporarily from duty or pay, or both, any officer or member of the police force, "for cause to be assigned in writing” (Hudson City Charter, §§ 28, 265, 267); it…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Masterson v. . FrenchNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- People Ex Rel. Hayes v. . WaldoNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- People Ex Rel. Packwood v. . RileyNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
3Cited by2 opinions
- Riley v. Board of Police CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- Skinkle v. MurrayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927