Curphey v. Superior Court

NOURSE, J. pro tem. *

Petitioner, the duly appointed coroner of the county of Los Angeles and an officer in the classified civil service under the charter of the county, seeks a writ of prohibition to restrain the respondent court from trying him upon an accusation returned by the grand jury of the county under section 3060 of the Government Code, charging him with wilful and corrupt misconduct in office.

There is but one question presented by the petition and the answer thereto, to wit: Is an appointed classified civil service officer of the county of Los Angeles subject to removal from office…