State Ex Rel. Neffner v. Hummel

By the Court.

The first question to engage bur attention is whether relator was in the classified service of the state at any time after April 1, 1940.

Begulation of civil service is provided for by the Constitution; Section 10, Article XV, reads as follows:

“Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state * * * shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained, as far as practicable, by competitive examinations. Laws shall be passed providing for the enforcement of this provision.” (Italics ours.)

The underlying purposes which lead to the passage of this provision…