Lechleidner v. Carson

The plaintiff, a former police office of the city of Portland, filed a petition in the court below to review the action of the mayor, chief of police and other officers of the city in causing him to be discharged and removed from office on a charge of drunkenness and wilful neglect of duty.

Pursuant thereto, a writ of review was issued out of said court, requiring the defendants to return the writ with a certified copy annexed thereto of the records and proceedings sought to be reviewed. The return to the writ was made and filed and the matter was then heard before the court and a judgment…