State ex rel. LeRoy v. Fosdick

Daniel B. LeRoy, a fireman at the city hall, Cincinnati, and an employee in the classified service under the civil service act, was discharged from his position on April 13th, 1914, and brings tin's action wherein he prays that he be restored to his former employment by writ of mandamus issued to the director of public service, Philip Fosdick, a defendant in this ease. He claims that he was discharged arbitrarily and for political reasons and that, under the provisions of the civil service law, his discharge was unlawful and void.

This claim of the relator is denied by the defendant, the said…