Lenz v. Mayor of Detroit

This case having been heretofore before this Court (Lenz v. Mayor of Detroit, 338 Mich 383) and the facts having therein been stated in detail, we will not burden the record with additional recitation, save to the extent necessary for the purpose of our holding herein.

At the heart of the case is a question of statutory compliance and due process. The statute involved is PA 1897, No 205, as amended (CL 1948, § 35.401 et seq. [Stat Ann 1952 Rev § 4.1221 et seq.~\). This act, widely known as the veterans’ preference act, finds its counterpart in many States of the Union. The purpose of the act…