Reed v. Civil Service Commission

Plaintiffs herein have filed a bill of complaint in the circuit court for Wayne county, in chancery, on behalf of themselves and approximately 2,700 other State employees, to test the validity of certain rules adopted by the State civil service commission. Defendants’ motion to dismiss the bill of complaint on certain designated grounds was denied by the circuit court, and this is an appeal in the nature of certiorari from the order denying the motion. Under these circumstances, well-pleaded allegations in the bill of complaint must be taken as true.

The bill of complaint alleges that the…