Snelling v. Civil Service Board

These two appeals are presented on the same record. The first is an appeal from an order denying an injunction, the second from a judgment denying a writ of mandate.

Appellant held a probationary appointment as a patrolman in the Oakland Police Department. Before he had served a full year as such he was discharged from duty. The sole question raised by him on both appeals is whether, under the charter and the applicable rules, he was entitled to serve the full year period subject to discharge only after charges filed and a hearing before the civil service board.

Briefly the facts are these:…