McCarthy v. Board of Fire Commissioners
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. Geo. A. Sturtevant, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
BEASLY, J., pro tem.
The plaintiff, John W. McCarthy, petitioned the superior court for a writ of mandate to compel the board of fire commissioners of the city and county of San Francisco to reinstate him as their secretary. On February 3, 1910, he was such secretary, and on that day the board passed a resolution removing him. The superior court denied the writ, and he appeals.
In supporting his claim for a reversal of the judgment McCarthy contends that the secretary of the board of fire commissioners is within the classified civil service provisions of the charter of the city and county of…
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