Kendrick v. Johnson

In this appeal, Ralph Johnson, the Sheriff of Nicholas County, West Virginia, seeks reversal of a judgment of the Circuit Court of Nicholas County reinstating the appellee, Michael Kendrick, to his position as a deputy sheriff. Johnson discharged the appellee from employment by letter effective September 1,1977. The appellee denied the charges and a hearing was held before the Nicholas County Deputy Sheriff’s Civil Service Commission which sustained the discharge, holding that the sheriff met his burden of proving “just cause” for dismissal. W.Va. Code, 7-14-17(a). The deputy appealed to the…