Douglas v. Foley

This is an application to require the respondent, Thomas F. Foley, as commissioner of public safety of the city of White Plains, to comply with all the provisions of chapter 626 of the Laws of 1941, generally known as the Hampton Act, relating to the tours of duty and days or hours off duty of firemen. The respondent pleads various defenses. First, there is a plea of a local law adopted by the city of White Plains on December 29, 1941, which is claimed to supersede chapter 626 of the Laws of 1941. Second, there is the plea of a provision of chapter 356 of the Laws of 1915, being the charter…