State Ex Rel. Warmus v. City of Seattle

This action in mandamus was instituted to require restoration to the relator of her alleged civil service standing as kitchen helper, maid, waitress, and relief cook, and to recover against the city the salary accruing to the position during the period it was wrongfully withheld from her.

At the conclusion of the relator’s case, the challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to entitle the relator to any relief whatsoever was sustained and decree was entered dismissing the action. The relator appealed.

The facts are summarized as follows: Appellant was regularly appointed March 18, 1922, to…