State ex rel. Olsen v. County of St. Louis

Magney, Justice.

Mandamus against the county of St. Louis and its county commissioners to compel relator’s reinstatement to a position he held with the county of St. Louis. The writ was issued, and respondents appeal.

Hans Olsen, relator, is an honorably discharged veteran of World War I. He lives at Zim about 30 miles south of Hibbing. On October 22,1941, the board of county commissioners of St. Louis county adopted a resolution which provides that, whereas Hans Olsen and another have made applications under the veterans preference act for employment in the seventh commissioner district, they…