Sharpe v. City of Los Angeles

The defendants have appealed from an order for an injunction pendente lite which was made in a suit in equity restraining the City of Los Angeles from discharging the plaintiff as an employee in the bureau of engineering in the department of public works of that city. It is claimed he had attained permanent tenure under civil service. The issue on appeal is whether a court of equity has jurisdiction to determine by injunction the tenure of an employee of a city as distinguished from an officer.

In the complaint for injunction it is alleged that the plaintiff was employed in the bureau of…