Forbes v. Lovett

Grice, Justice.

We are called upon to decide whether two indi viduals are entitled to membership on the Civil Service Board of Chatham County, Georgia. Morton G. Forbes and David H. Weiner asserted their claims in a complaint filed in the superior court of that county against Robert F. Lovett and others, as Commissioners of Chatham County and Ex Officio Judges, and the county. The complaint sought mandamus requiring the defendants to appoint the plaintiffs to their posts on such board in compliance with Georgia Laws 1969, page 2985, and other relief not necessary to recite here.

The complaint…