Samis v. King
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Petition for an injunction; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County, and heard before Minor, J. The respondents were James King, R. B. Lacy, and R. T. Clark, respectively clerk, auditor and treasurer of the city of Bridgeport, and the petitioner, a tax payer of the city, sought to enjoin them respectively against drawing, certifying or paying an order, under a vote passed by the common council of the city, for the payment of salaries to Thomas Dinon as second…
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Petition for an injunction; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County, and heard before Minor, J. The respondents were James King, R. B. Lacy, and R. T. Clark, respectively clerk, auditor and treasurer of the city of Bridgeport, and the petitioner, a tax payer of the city, sought to enjoin them respectively against drawing, certifying or paying an order, under a vote passed by the common council of the city, for the payment of salaries to Thomas Dinon as second sergeant of the police department of the city, and to Patrick Bracken and Barney Farrell as policemen. A temporary injunction…
1Opinion of the CourtSeymour, C. J.
The contest in this case arises from an unhappy difference between the police commissioners of the city of Bridgeport on the one side, and the common council of the city on the other.
The council at its meeting of August 4th, 1873, passed the following resolxition: “ The city clerk is hereby directed to draw his order on the city treasurer in favor of Thomas Dinon, second sergeant, for the sum of $90 — in favor of Barney Farrell, for the sum of $85 — and in favor of Patrick Bracken for the sum of $85; all of them having been appointed ad interim members of the police force, sworn in by his…
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