Schell v. City of Aberdeen

(dissenting)—Mr. Schell was suspended by the chief of the city fire department. The chief had the right under the ordinance to suspend the fireman for thirty days. From that order there was no appeal. True, if the suspension had been permanent, Schell would have had the right to appeal to the civil service commission, and the denial of that right would have entitled him to institute a proceeding to compel the board to grant him a hearing. However, no order was ever made which in any way tended to separate the fireman from his position. Schell had no complaint and could have gone back to work…