Schrader v. City of Los Angeles

Petitioner, an assistant gardener in the employ of the city of Los Angeles, appeals from a judgment entered upon the denial of his motion, made upon notice, for the issuance of an alternative writ of mandate to compel his restoration to employment and the payment of his salary during the period of his alleged wrongful discharge. No evidence was received and no findings were made by the trial court.

From the allegations of the complaint it appears that petitioner was a probationary employee working under the superintendent of parks and the commissioners of the department of parks of the city of…