CRAWFORD v. CITY OF SHERIDAN

No. 3240.

392 P.2d 519 (1964)

Carl CRAWFORD, Appellant (Plaintiff below), David A. Ruff, Percy Zimmer, et al. (Plaintiffs below), as electors and taxpayers of the City of Sheridan, State of Wyoming, in behalf of themselves and all other electors and taxpayers of said City, v. The CITY OF SHERIDAN, Walt Harker, Mayor, R. Q. Smith, City Manager, De Jure or De Facto, Appellees (Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

May 28, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Wolfe, Sheridan, for appellant.

Harry F. Schwartz, Sheridan, for appellees.

Before PARKER, C.J., and HARNSBERGER, GRAY, and McINTYRE, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs, electors and taxpayers of Sheridan, alleging that the City had appointed Sam Wilson, a resident of Billings, Montana, as Chief of Police of Sheridan in violation of Art. 6, § 15, Wyo.Const., sought an injunction to restrain the City from paying Wilson's salary. Defendants moved to dismiss the action on the ground that under the applicable statutes the position of chief of the police department in "council-manager" forms of municipal government...

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