Lewicki v. Matulewicz

The issue presented by this appeal is this: Is the appointive office of clerk for the two justices of the peace of the city of Hamtramck included in the unclassified section of the civil service amendment to the city’s charter? Plaintiff contends that the office here involved is not included in the unclassified service and that as a result that office, now occupied by him, is under civil service. The circuit judge so held and defendants have appealed.

By a charter amendment, effective July 1, 1943, the city of Hamtramck adopted a system of civil service. On that date, and for a number of years…