Meiland v. Wayne Probate Judge

Plaintiff petitioned the circuit court of Wayne county for a writ of mandamus to compel the presiding judge of Wayne county probate court to appoint plaintiff to the position of court stenographer.

Plaintiff served as a court stenographer in the court of Thomas C. Murphy, judge of probate for the county of Wayne, prior to February 19, 1952. Plaintiff had been an employee of the county of Wayne some 18 years prior to that date. Plaintiff requested and received a leave of absence from the Wayne county civil service commission on February 19, 1952. Subsequently plaintiff made and executed a…