Bell v. Personnel Board

Sec. 16.24 (1) (a), Stats., provides that a civil-service employee, such as Bell, shall not be discharged “except for just cause, which shall not be religious or political.” Sec. 16.24 (1) (b) provides with respect to the action which the board shall take, in the event a civil-service employee appeals a discharge to it, that after public hearing the board “shall either sustain the action of the appointing officer, or shall reinstate the employee fully.”

Ch. 16, Stats., does not provide that any findings of fact shall be made by the board in support of its' decision on appeal but the provisions…