State Ex Rel. Hubbard v. City of Seattle

— The relator was a civil service employee in the lighting department of the city of Seattle, and on May 2,1924, was suspended from his work by the appellant Ross, the superintendent of that department, for the reason that he had been arrested on a charge of tampering with electric current meters.

From May 2 to the following October 2 the relator was regularly suspended for a period of thirty days each. About November 7, at the end of the last thirty-day period, he reported for work but was notified by Ross that he was discharged. On November 10, Ross filed with the civil service commission a…