Ellis v. Holcombe

This is a suit brought by appellant against appellees, the mayor, and the civil service commission for the city of Houston, for an injunction, and mandamus to obtain a hearing by the civil service commission of an appeal by appellant from an order dismissing him from employment by the city as superintendent of the identification bureau of the police department of the city.

The petition, to which a general demurrer was sustained by the trial court, is necessarily lengthy but its allegations will not be copied in full, since it is only necessary for the decision of this appeal to set out the…