Carter v. City of Los Angeles

The petitioners were classified civil service employees in the Department of Water and Power of the city of Los Angeles. They have appealed from an adverse judgment in a mandamus proceeding wherein, they sou"ght reinstatement to their positions as field collectors, with the payment of salary from December 31, 1940, the date of their alleged wrongful suspension. The respondents defended in the proceeding on the grounds that the appointment of the petitioners to the positions they occupied was not in conformity with the provisions of the state Constitution and the charter of the city of Los…