Legal Opinion
Kelly v. City of Bridgeport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 9, 1930PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBanks, J.
Counsel for the city contend that the position of assistant director of public works, created by the ordinance of February 21st, 1927, was a mere employment and not an “office” within the intendment of the charter provision forbidding the abolition by the common council of any existing office, that if it was an office its creation was beyond the power of the common council and that in any event, being an office created by the common council, it was not within the inhibition of the charter provision.
“A public office is the right, authority and duty, created and conferred by law, by which for a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Attorney General v. TillinghastMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- State Ex Rel. Stage v. MacKieSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
- Connelly v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- State ex rel. Southey v. LasharSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- State Ex Rel. Neal v. BrethauerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Spring v. ConstantinoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Murach v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Kinney v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Bredice v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1964
- Housing Authority v. DorseySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
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