Leftridge v. City of Sacramento

The petitioners have appealed from an order of court discharging the preliminary writ of mandamus which was issued directing the Civil Service Board of the City of Sacramento to hear, determine and report to the city council the prevailing wages which were paid in that vicinity to employees who were engaged in the performance of services similar to those of petitioners who were a garbageman and a collector of refuse from the city streets, and when said prevailing wages had been ascertained that the city should pay petitioners at those rates. After notice and hearing by the civil service…