State, Ex Rel. Jones v. Preston

This is an appeal on questions of law. Orville D. Jones of Marietta, Ohio, who, until temporarily laid off on March 14,1959, was the storekeeper of the Department of Highways Division 10 Warehouse in Marietta, is relator, appellant herein. Everett S. Preston, as Director of the Department of Highways of Ohio, and James T. Welch, as Director of the Department of State Personnel, are respondents, appellees herein.

Jones filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, claiming his temporary lay-off was illegal and for political purposes and asking that his…