Kluth v. Andrus

OPINION

By THOMPSON,’ J:

This case came to this court on appeal on law by defendant-appellant, Patton, from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court granting a permanent injunction to plaintiff Kluth in accordance with the prayer of his petition. Defendants are the Director of Public Safety of Rocky River, Ohio, the members of the Civil Service Commission of that city and the intervening defendant, Martin F. Patton.

The facts admitted by the pleadings disclose that under date of June 23, 1949, plaintiff Kluth and defendant Patton, being then Sergeants of Police, took a promotional civil service…