Parsons v. County of Los Angeles

Plaintiff, Ethel C. Parsons, was a duly classified social case worker with permanent classification under civil service regulations as laid down in the county charter and the rules of the Civil Service Commission of Los Angeles County. She was employed as such in the office of the superintendent of charities, and had been so employed since April, 1933. On the 20th day of November, 1936, she received notice in writing from the defendant Rex Thomson, superintendent of charities, to the effect that, upon the recommendation of her superior officer she, the plaintiff, was suspended from her said…