People Ex Rel. Donovan v. Board of Fire Commissioners
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, reversing an order of Special Term which reversed the proceedings of the board of commissioners of the fire department of the city of New York, in removing the relator, a member of the uniformed force of the fire department, and affirming the proceedings of said commissioners. The facts appear sufficiently hi the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDanfobth, J.
The relator was a member ur' the uniformed force of the fire department of the city of New York, and therefore subject to such discipline and government as the respondents should by rules, regulations, and orders prescribe, but removable only after written charges should have been preferred against him, and reasonable notice given of an examination thereof. (Laws of 1873, chap. 335, art. 10, § 77.)
He was dismissed by the commissioners on the 29th of November, 1877, and by the proceeding now before us, seeks to reverse their action on the grounds, first. That the charge on which he was tried…
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