Reading v. Maxwell

— The plaintiff, E. J. Maxwell, seeks by mandamus to compel the defendants Edward Reading, Joe Rice and Wm. A. Baker, composing the civil service board of the city of Phoenix, and Y. R. Quintel, secretary of such board, to certify that his “status is that of clerk in the (city) water department” and to determine his seniority. The parties stipulated the facts and, upon such facts and the pleadings, the court rendered judgment for plaintiff making the alternative writ peremptory. The defendants have appealed from the judgment for the reason, as they assert, that it is not supported by the law…