People ex rel. Seery v. Sturgis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari by the people, on the relation of Peter Seery against Thomas Sturgis, as fire commissioner, to review the determination of the fire commissioner in summarily removing the relator from the position of fire marshal in the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Richmond. Relator reinstated.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
It appears by the return to the writ that the relator was appointed a fire marshal on the 10th day of March, 1898, pursuant to the provisions of section 779, c. 378, p. 273, of the Laws of 1897. By the provisions of that act the fire commissioner was authorized to appoint and remove at pleasure a fire marshal for the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Richmond, the territory in which relator performed his duties. By the Laws of 1901, p. 321, *404c. 466, section 779, c. 378, p. 273, of the Laws of 1897, was amended so as to read as follows:
“The fire commissioner is hereby authorized to appoint…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Brymer v. GrayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898