State ex rel. Weyant v. City of Seattle

TMs is an appeal from a judgment directing the issuance of a writ of mandate restoring relator to the position of examiner in the civil service department of the city of Seattle, directing the issuance of salary warrants to him for each month from and after January 1, 1923, and likewise directing the issuance of a salary warrant to respondent A. H. Grout for the month of December, 1922, with costs to each.

A somewhat detailed statement is necessary to an understanding of the issues involved. The charter of the city of Seattle contains an article embodying civil service provisions applicable to…