McMullen v. City Manager

This is an appeal from a peremptory writ of mandamus, issued by the circuit court, requiring the managing officer of the city of Saginaw to appoint two members of the civil service commission regulating the employment of members of the fire department of the city, as provided by Act No. 78, Pub. Acts 1935 (Comp. Laws Supp. 1940, §2730-1 et seq., Stat. Ann. §5.3351 et seq.), and made operative in that city under its réferendum provisions by a majority vote of the electors voting thereon December 2, 1935. The city manager refused to make the appointments, claiming the act abridges the right of…