State Ex Rel. Reddick v. Lee

Appellant was employed by the City of Miami November 7, 1938, as a fireman subject to be placed in the classified service. He was laid off June 30, 1939, and has not since been reemployed. He seeks by mandamus to require the City to restore him and pay him compensation for the time he was laid off. On final hearing on the return to the alternative writ, the trial court found for the City and dismissed the cause. Writ of error was prosecuted.

Appellant contends that Sections Twenty-five and Sixty-five of the City Charter provide that employees in the classified service cannot be discharged…