Lannon v. Hall

The township of Royal Oak, Oakland county, maintains a paid fire department. Plaintiff, a veteran of the World War, and member of such fire department, under fixed monthly pay, was discharged and, by writ of mandamus, ordered reinstated and to be paid during the period he was illegally removed, less his earnings elsewhere. Both parties have appealed; defendant from the order to pay and plaintiff from the deduction in pay.

Defendant applied to this court for leave to appeal and, over objections filed by plaintiff, such leave was granted. In the brief plaintiff again urges the objections. This…