Curtis v. State ex rel. Morgan

This proceeding in error involves the interpretation of the civil service statutes of Ohio, more particularly Sections 486-17, 486-17a, 486-19, of the General Code, and Section 4 of rule 7 of the civil service regulations of the city of Canton. It is necessary to determine from those sections and other Ohio statutes the powers and duties of the safety director and Civil Service Commission of the city, and their relations toward each other. The difficulty in interpreting these statutes lies not so much in ambiguity of any of their provisions as in the fact of apparent conflict between these…