Duncan v. County of Wayne

This is a suit to determine whether Act ,No. 370, Pub. Acts 1941 (Comp. Laws Supp. 1945, § 1464-11 et seq., Stat. Ann. 1946 Cum. Supp. § 5.1191 [1] et seq.), known as the county civil service act, is applicable to plaintiff as a clerk in the office of the circuit court commissioner for Wayne county.

Plaintiff, James L. Duncan, was employed in the office of the circuit court commissioner on or about February 16,1937. On'December 1, 1942, he carried a budgetary title of “assistant chief clerk.” Subsequent to the adoption of the county civil service act, he was classified by the Wayne county…