State, Ex Rel. Stine v. McCaw

The question presented is merely whether, under the civil service laws of Ohio, a position may be abolished and the duties thereof combined with another position which at that time is being held by a civil service employee appointed provisionally when such abolishment results in the discharge of a civil service employee holding her position as the result of a competitive examination.

It is well established in Ohio that the power to create a position in the civil service includes the power to abolish the position, particularly where the purpose of the abolishment of such position is that of…