People ex rel. Barron v. Scannell

This is an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus to restore the relator to the position of blacksmith in the fire department.

The relator was removed on the 5th day of July, 1899, without any statement of the grounds of removal being made either to-him or to the municipal commission.

At that time the present civil service law known as the White Act (Laws of 1899, chap. 370) was in force, having taken effect on the nineteenth day of April preceding. Pursuant to the provisions of that act municipal civil service commissioners were appointed for the purpose of prescribing, amending and…