Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Mayfield v. City of Joplin

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided September 14, 1972No. 9197PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOGAN, Judge.

This is an action in mandamus instituted by the relator to recover wages lost by reason of his wrongful discharge from the Joplin City Police Department. The respondent, to whom we shall refer as the city, appeals from an adverse judgment.

Although issues of fact were raised by the alternative writ and the return thereto, and those issues were tried to the court as provided by Rule 94.05, 1 the essential facts are not in dispute here. The relator, Robert W. Mayfield, was employed as a member of the Joplin City Police Department in 1965. In 1969, he was promoted to the rank of…

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. City of Joplin v. Industrial Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
  2. Wipfler v. BaslerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  3. State Ex Rel. Missey v. City of CaboolSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
  4. Carver v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  5. Carver v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1952

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Zafft v. Eli Lilly & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1984
  2. Stephenson v. McClureMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. Weston v. Great Central Insurance CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
  4. Johnson v. PatrickMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  5. Suesserman v. SuessermanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976

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