Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of William Sherman and Others, Appellants-Respondents, for a Mandamus Order against James W. Higgins, as Commissioner of Police of the City of Buffalo, and Others, Respondents-Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1936-05
Citations: 248 A.D. 678
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of William Sherman and Others, Appellants-Respondents, for a Mandamus Order against James W. Higgins, as Commissioner of Police of the City of Buffalo, and Others, Respondents-Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 248
Pages: 678–679

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of William Sherman and Others, Appellants-Respondents, for a Mandamus Order against James W. Higgins, as Commissioner of Police of the City of Buffalo, and Others, Respondents-Appellants.

Opinion:
Order modified so as to make the order one for peremptory mandamus for reinstatement and payment of salary from May 6, 1935, and as modified affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: The delay in bringing this proceeding is satisfactorily explained. Section -445 of the Charter of the City of Buffalo is applicable to these relators. (Matter of Deth v. Castimore, 245 App. Div. 156.) The back salary to be paid is the salary beginning May 6, 1936. (Matter of Mullane v. McKenzie, 269 N. Y. 369.) All concur. (The order directs reinstatement of petitioner in the police department.) Present — Sears, P. J., Taylor, Edgeomb, Crosby and Lewis, JJ.