State Ex Rel. Butters v. Elston

Julius J. Olson, Justice.

This is an appeal by J. H. Butters from an order of the district court of Ramsey county discharging a writ of certiorari and af firming “the decision and order of respondents as the State Civil Service Board * * * whereby it was declared that relator [Butters] had no status under the State Civil Service Act and denied” his application to have such status determined.

Appellant’s case has been here before, although upon a different theory. State ex rel. Butters v. Railroad & Warehouse Comm. 209 Minn. 580, 296 N. W. 906, where the facts necessary to that decision are…