Case Name: The People ex rel. Daniel Dougherty, App'lt, v. Frederick W. Wurster, as Commissioner, etc., Resp't
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1895-07-26
Citations: 69 N.Y. St. Rep. 445
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People ex rel. Daniel Dougherty, App’lt, v. Frederick W. Wurster, as Commissioner, etc., Resp’t.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 69
Pages: 445–445

Head Matter:
The People ex rel. Daniel Dougherty, App’lt, v. Frederick W. Wurster, as Commissioner, etc., Resp’t.
(Supreme Court, General Term, Second Department,
Filed July 26, 1895.)
Municipal corporation—Fireman—Discharge.
A laborer in the fire department is not a fireman within a statute prohibiting a discharge without a trial.
Certiorari to review the decision of the commissioner of the fire department of the city of Brooklyn in discharging the relator.
Edward F. O'Dwyer, for relator; Albert G. McDonald, for resp’t.

Opinion:
Pratt, J.
Relator cannot be properly said to be a member of the force for extinguishing fires, but was employed, as his appointment shows, as a laborer. Taking the case of People v. Fire Com'rs, 28 Hun, 495, as the true interpretation of the law, the relator cannot_ be said to be a member of the fire force, but comes under the designation of those who can be removed without charge and a trial.
Writ quashed. All concur.