City of Phoenix v. Sanner

— Warren Sanner, hereinafter called plaintiff, brought suit against the City of Phoenix, a municipal corporation, hereinafter called defendant, to recover certain wages which he alleged were due him for the time he had been illegally discharged from the position of inspector in the street railway department of the city.

The allegations set up by the complaint were, in substance, that plaintiff at all times mentioned in his complaint was a duly certified railway inspector under the civil service rules of the City of Phoenix, and that notwithstanding his record entitled him to perform the duties…