Savage v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne; Lamb, J., presiding. Mandamus by Robert Savage against the city of Detroit and others to compel the respondents to enforce the right of relator to hold an office under the civil service rules of the city of Detroit. An order granting the writ is reviewed by respondents on certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
The relator, Robert Savage, is qualified, according to the civil service rules of the city of Detroit, to fill the position of ward foreman. A ward foreman died. The commissioner of public works notified the civil service commission September 27, 1915, of the promotion or appointment of one Quit-man A. Smith to fill the vacancy, and asked the approval of the said commission. Smith was not, under the civil service rules, qualified to fill the place. No action was taken by the commission. Thereafter, on October 6, 1915, the commissioner of public works informed the commission that the…
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