State Ex Rel. Abati v. MacDonald

Alternative writ of mandamus to compel the defendants, who constituted the firemen’s civil service commission of Hibbing, to give the relator an examination upon his application for a position in the village fire department. The demurrer of the respondents to the writ was sustained, and the relator appeals.

The relator is an honorably discharged soldier of the world war. The defendants are the members of the civil service commission of Hibbing, appointed under L. 1929, p. 5á, c. 57, approved March 11, 1929. This statute provides that a firemen’s civil service commission may be created in…