Hartwig v. Mayor of Manistee
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Manistee; Chittenden, J., presiding. Mandamus by Claus Hartwig to compel the mayor and common council of the city of Manistee to pay an amount claimed to be due relator for salary as street commissioner. From an order denying the writ, relator brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is a mandamus proceeding brought to this court by a writ of certiorari. Relator was street commissioner of the city of Manistee. His term of office expired, according to his claim, on the 19th of April, 1901. His salary was $800 per year, payable in monthly installments. On the 19th of June, 1900, respondent passed a resolution suspending relator from his office, pending an investigation of the charge that he was “incompetent and unreliable in his work and in the management of the affairs of the city.” September 19, 1900, after an investigation of these charges as amended (the amendment…
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