Rose v. Arnold

I am of the opinion that the district court had jurisdiction to suspend the petitioners without giving them notice and a hearing. The statutes and decisions of this court are silent on the subject, but text writers and courts of other states, where the question has been determined, sustain the right. In 22 R. C. L. 564, it is said that “notice and hearing are not prerequisite to suspension unless required by statute.” The rule is stated in 46 C. J. 982, that “the power to suspend may, in the absence of a constitutional or statutory provision to the contrary, be exercised without notice to the…