State Ex Rel. Buckman v. Munson

Counsel for the respondent contend that necessary retrenchment in expenditure of public funds is a justifiable ground for laying off an officer or employee in the classified service of a municipality, -and therefore the disclosure in the petition that the layoff complained of was for reasons of economy •renders the petition vulnerable to a demurrer on the .-ground that the facts stated therein are insufficient to constitute a cause of action.

Counsel for the relator contend that the position held by the relator, having been established by an -ordinance of the city of Cleveland pursuant to and…