Freeman v. Smith

The personnel board for Mobile County filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the circuit court of Mobile County against the mayor and the members of the city council of the City of Prichard. The petition alleged that the City of Prichard was employing three people, Paul Whiteurs, Marshall Hunt, and Angela Lee, outside the civil service system, and that these three people were being paid illegally from public funds of the city contrary to the laws and rules of the personnel board. The board asked the court to order the removal of these three from the payroll. The board contended that these…