Gregory v. Kansas City
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) Plaintiffs’ petition fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and the evidence slows that plaintiffs are not entitled to any relief, (a) Sec. 1176 of the Revised Ordinances of 1898, on which plaintiffs base their action, is invalid because its provisions limiting the power of the appointing officers to discharge their employees at will are inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 1…
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) Plaintiffs’ petition fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and the evidence slows that plaintiffs are not entitled to any relief, (a) Sec. 1176 of the Revised Ordinances of 1898, on which plaintiffs base their action, is invalid because its provisions limiting the power of the appointing officers to discharge their employees at will are inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 1 and 7 Article 13 of the charter of 1889, which do not limit that power. State ex rel. v. Johnson, 123 Mo. 43; Abrams v.…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The general object of this action is to determine the constitutionality and legal effect of article 15 of • the charter of Kansas City, Missouri, adopted by the voters of that city in the year 1908, *535which article purports to place the appointment, tenure of office and removal of certain appointees of that city under a system of competitive civil service. Plaintiffs had judgment below, from which all of the defendants appeal.
On March 1,1912, the appeals in this case and the case of Folk et al. v. Kansas City et al., reported at page 553 of this report, were advanced and set for hearing at our…
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