Vogeler v. City of Cincinnati

The appeal in the case sub judice is taken from the order of the court of common pleas denying a request for declaratory and injunctive relief on behalf of an officer of the fire division of the city of Cincinnati who claimed that he had been denied a promotion to the rank of district fire chief in violation of the state civil service laws. In the three assignments of error given to us for review, the issues are: (1) whether the resignation of an officer holding the rank of assistant fire chief created a vacant position in that rank that was never abolished in accordance with law; (2) whether…