Bates v. Offerman

On behalf of himself and others similarly situated as stated in his petition (these others being some twenty in number), the petitioner herein applies for a peremptory order of mandamus directed to Frank J. Offerman, as sheriff of the county of Erie, and ordering the said respondent to reinstate the petitioner and others named to the positions of deputy sheriffs held by them prior to January 1, 1933, and to certify a payroll containing the names of such twenty-one persons. The petitioner and those claimed by him to be similarly situated and named by him in his petition were appointed by…