Harris v. City of Huntington

Maxwell, Judge:

By peremptory writ of mandamus, the circuit court of Cabell County required respondents, the City of Huntington, its mayor, the director of public safety and the civil service board to restore relator, W. B. Harris, to his position as lieutenant of police in the police department of said city with salary appurtenant, and required the members of the civil service board to rescind their action purporting to demote the relator from lieutenant to patrolman. The respondents were awarded writ of error.

In 1927, the relator, then a patrolman, was appointed a lieutenant of police in…