State ex rel. Card v. Kaufman

HOUSER, Commissioner.

David F. Card, registered voter, taxpayer and member and employee of the Fire Department of University City, a constitutional charter city, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus against the mayor and city council of that city to compel respondents to pass an ordinance calling a special election to submit to the voters a proposed amendment to the city charter by adding a new section providing that the salaries of members and employees of the University City Fire Department not be less than salaries received by members and employees of the Fire Department of the City of…