Corcoran v. City of Los Angeles

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of dismissal rendered after the sustaining without leave to amend of defendants’ demurrer to the first amended complaint, in which plaintiff challenged the validity of an administrative order of defendant commission, removing petitioner from his position in the classified civil service in defendant city. It was alleged that the order was the result of excess of jurisdiction and an abuse of discretion. The complaint sought a peremptory writ of mandate commanding defendants to comply with plaintiff’s demand, under section 112% of the charter of the…