State ex rel. Davis v. City of Seattle

The appellant, John M. Davis, brought an action of mandamus in the superior court to require the city of Seattle and its proper officers to reinstate him in a position in the engineering department from which he had been discharged, and for the recovery of salary which he claimed that he was entitled to. The trial resulted in a judgment dismissing the action, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

The facts are not in serious dispute and may be stated as follows: The appellant, on October 1, 1919, was appointed as an abstractor in the engineering department of the city of Seattle, which…