State Ex Rel. Cooper v. City of Seattle

Relators, George E. Cooper, Seeley H. Hayes, Benjamin F. Haney, and Ward G. Bailey, brought this action, seeking a writ of mandamus to compel David E. Lockwood, Henry Elliott, Jr., and Frank W. Brewster, constituting the civil service commission of the city of Seattle, to correct the commissioner’s register of eligibles for the position of lineman’s helper in the light department of the city, also its inverse seniority list and reinstatement register, and to compel J. D. Ross and W. J. McKeen, superintendent of lighting and acting superintendent of lighting, respectively, and the city of…