COOK v. SHERRY

[No. 169, September Term, 1972.]

268 Md. 26 (1973)

299 A.2d 811

COOK v. SHERRY ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 6, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Barnett for appellant.

J. Frederick Sharer, City Solicitor, for appellees.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and BARNES, McWILLIAMS, SINGLEY, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ.


McWILLIAMS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

As the late William Schwenck Gilbert once observed, the policeman's lot is not a happy one.1 The appellant (Cook) is a policeman and he is here because he is far from happy. The architect of his disgruntlement is the appellee Sherry, a retired policeman now Commissioner of Police and Fire of the City of Cumberland; the reason is his demotion from...

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