State Ex Rel. Murray v. Lee

This appeal is from an order quashing an alternative writ of mandamus.

The petition for the original writ disclosed among other things that relator was employed by respondent City as General Foreman of Parks and was so classied under the civil service regulation of said City.

Section 65 (a) Charter of the City reads as follows:

“Section 65

“(a) Any officer or employee in the classified service may be removed, suspended, laid off, or reduced in grade by the city manager or by the head of the department in which he is employed, for any cause which will promote the efficiency of the service; but he…