State Ex Rel. Sheets v. City of Portsmouth

By the Court.

On August 27, 1943, the relator, Harry S. Sheets, filed a petition in this court praying for a writ of mandamus directing respondents to restore him to the position of chief of the police department of the city of Portsmouth, Ohio. Prior to the commencement of this proceeding relator had made demand for restoration to that position. The cause was submitted upon the pleadings, an agreed statement of facts and depositions.

The relator was chief of the police department of the city from January 1,-1926, until March 21, 1941, and was in good standing in the classified service, as…