State v. Village of Roseland

This is a mandamus proceeding in which the relator, John L. Ratliff, the duly elected marshal of the Village of Roseland, seeks to have the court compel the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the village to restore his salary to the sum of $50 per month as it was originally fixed and had been paid before it was reduced by them to the sum of $15 per month.

After alleging that he is the marshal of the village, having been duly elected and assumed his duties on July 1, 1944, and that he had been receiving the salary of $50 per month, which is the same salary that had been paid to the marshal over a…