Thoreson v. CIVIL SERVICE COM'N OF ST. PAUL

MacLaughlin, Justice.

The principal issue on this appeal is whether the Civil Service Commission of the city of St. Paul properly upheld the discharge of appellant, Benjamin B. Thoreson, from his position with the St. Paul Department of Community Services. The district court determined that the findings of the commission were supported by the evidence and sustained the discharge. We affirm.

Thoreson was employed by the department of community services as a building inspector. His discharge grew out of his activities involving a house located at 308 East Jessamine in St. Paul. In February 1974…