City of Saginaw v. Lindquist

Chapter 3, Section 115 of the City of Saginaw Administrative Code provides that city employees shall maintain a permanent and bona fide residence within the corporate limits of the city and that failure to do so is deemed to be an abandonment of employment.

Mrs. Nancy Lindquist was a clerk typist who, in 1981, had been employed for ten years by the city. She and her husband sold their Saginaw residence and purchased a home in Lupton, Michigan. The children were placed in school in Lupton and Mrs. Lindquist commuted to Lupton on weekends and on those occasions when the children’s health and…