DeKalb County v. Winkler

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

The County of DeKalb, DeKalb County Water & Sewer Department, brings this appeal from an adverse judgment rendered in the lower court on certiorari brought by the appellee from a ruling of the DeKalb County Merit System Council. The appellee, an employee of DeKalb County, had been transferred from one position to another. He contended that this resulted in a demotion and a violation of the DeKalb County Code. The trial judge found that, in effect, the transfer did amount to a demotion and was in violation of a specified section of the DeKalb County Code. The trial…