Case Name: The City of Denver et al. v. The People ex rel. Burnett
Court: Colorado Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Colorado
Decision Date: 1902-01
Citations: 17 Colo. App. 190
Docket Number: No. 2090
Parties: The City of Denver et al. v. The People ex rel. Burnett.
Judges: 
Reporter: Colorado Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 17
Pages: 190–191

Head Matter:
[No. 2090.]
The City of Denver et al. v. The People ex rel. Burnett.
Parties — Mandamus—Cities and Towns.
Where the fire and police board of the city of Denver, by resolution which was duly recorded, appointed plaintiff a patrolman, and afterwards his name was erased from the record and another substituted, in an action of mandamus by plaintiff against the city and the fire and police board to compel the restoration of the record of the resolution of his appointment, the person whose name was substituted in the record was not a necessary or proper party to the proceeding.
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County.
Mr. J. M. Ellis and Mr. N. B. Bachtell, for appellants.
Mr. James H. Brown and Mr. Andrew W. Gillette, for appellee.

Opinion:
Gunter, J.
So far as material to this ruling the complaint alleges the appointment of M. M. Burnett as patrolman by the fire and police board, said city, evidenced by recorded resolution; that thereafter his initials were erased from the resolution and the record made to read the appointment of E. J. Burnett; that appellee demanded the restoration of the record ; this the board denied. Mandamus below resulted in a finding of the issues for appellee, and in an order that the record be restored.
Appellants urge as ground for reversal, that the evidence below was insufficient to show the appointment of M. M. Burnett. '
It would avail nothing to discuss in detail the evidence; it suffices to say, that an examination of it is convincing that the vote on the question of appointment was taken upon petitioner M. M. Burnett, not E. J. Burnett, and that he, M. M. Burnett was by resolution appointed patrolman, and the resolution so originally recorded, but that the record was after-wards mutilated by erasing the initials "M. M." and substituting the initials "E. J." therefor. Further, such was the finding of the trial court. This finding was on conflicting evidence and by it we are concluded. E. J. Burnett was not a necessary or proper party to this proceeding.—Farrall v. King, 41 Conn. 448.
Judgment affirmed.
Affirmed.