City of Knoxville v. Connors
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM KNOX. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — VoN A. Hueeaker, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
This case is again before us. It involves an attempt by Ed. D. Connors, formerly chief of police of the city of Knoxville, to review the action of the municipal authorities in removing him from that office.
Connors filed a petition for certiorari alléging that he was removed without any hearing by the city council of Knoxville; that he was entitled to a hearing under civil service provisions of the city’s charter, and he sought to have the proceedings removing him quashed on this petition to the circuit court of Knox coun*47ty. That court held that the petition did not lie, which action was…
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