Powers v. City of Asheville

The action of the city authorities in effecting such economies as they deemed necessary, and in the manner selected, is fully warranted by chapter 125, Private Laws 1931, if not by chapter 121. 5 R. C. L., 614.

But the plaintiff contends that in reducing the number of employees in “the classified service,”' seniority ought to be observed, and, in the absence of charges preferred, those longest in the service should be retained over their juniors. Notes, 1 Ann. Gas., 292; Ann. Cas. 1913B, 1012.

This practice may prevail under other statutes (5 R. C. L., 614) and in the Federal Civil Service (U.…