Savage v. Sox

Appeal from a judgment denying plaintiff’s application for a peremptory writ of mandate to compel the San Francisco Civil Service Commission to reinstate plaintiff after being removed by it from his position.

Questions Presented

1. Insufficiency of the evidence.

2. Alleged unfairness in the trial.

3. Was plaintiff entitled to a court trial de novo?

Facts

This ease comes up on a settled statement. Plaintiff for 18 years was a civil service employee of San Francisco and was in the permanent position of steam engineer in the San Francisco Hospital. A valve in the steam line at the hospital burst,…