Markus v. City of Duluth
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $600 salary as building appraiser from April 1, 1916, to October 1, 1916. The case was tried before Ensign, J., who at the close of the testimony denied plaintiffs motion for a directed verdict for the amount demanded, and a jury which returned a verdict for $510.75. From the judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
At the time of the adoption of the hom'e rule charter of the city of Duluth in the year 1912 plaintiff was and for some time prior thereto had been in the employ of the city as a "building appraiserhis services being rendered under the direction of the city assessor. His tenure of office was indefinite as to time, but the position came within the civil service provisions of the charter, and under section 36 thereof plaintiff was entitled to retain it until removed for cause by the civil service commission. He was dismissed from the service by the city assessor on J une 1, 1913, without…
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