Bullock v. Jeffries

The prosecutor of this writ is a discharged, disabled veteran, who claims that he was unlawfully discharged from his position as automobile mechanic for the city garage. He seeks reinstatement on the ground that he is a veteran and that he was consequently unlawfully dismissed ; also that the dismissal was not by the proper authority.

There are two fundamental difficulties which lie in the path of the prosecutor: First, the long delay in seeking relief through the courts; and second, that the position which he claims to hold was never legally created.

As to the first, he was dismissed June 1st,…