Hendrickson v. Civil Service Commission

My study of the statutes in issue (firemen’s civil service law) and our recent decision in Wied v. Marion County, 23 Or App 288, 542 P2d 149 (1975), involving the county employes’ civil service law, leads me to the opposite conclusion from the majority opinion. I believe that the trial judge correctly interpreted and applied these statutes, and that his decision should be affirmed. See also, Helberg v. Civil Service Com., 10 Or App 62, 498 P2d 789 (1972).

The issue on appeal here is substantially similar to the issue we decided in Wied v. Marion County, supra, although Wied involved the next…