State Ex Rel. Wingfield v. Kansas City

This is a proceeding in mandamus wherein relator seeks reinstatement upon the payroll of defendant city as inspector of new plumbing, water department, from May 31, 1918, the date of his discharge, to April 17, 1922, and payment to him of the compensation of said position during that period.

The suit was begun February 27, 1922, in the circuit court of Jackson county, but before the cause came to trial a charter amendment creating a non-partisan water commission was adopted by the voters of Kansas City, to wit, on November 22, 1921. Said amendment provided that the members of said commission…