State Ex Rel. McCarthy v. Civil Service Commission

Knutson, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County affirming a decision of the Civil Service Commission of the city of Minneapolis discharging relator, Paul McCarthy.

Relator was employed by the city as a welder on May 16, 1960, and continued in that employment until discharged.

Minneapolis Civil Service Commission Rule 9.03 provides:

“The absence of an officer or employee from duty for a period of three successive days or longer, without leave and without notice to his superior officer of the reason for such absence and of his intention to return,…