McBride v. City Council

The plaintiff, though an honorably discharged soldier of the late Civil War, of good moral character- and competent to perform the duties of the position, was refused thé office of the city collector of the city of Independence for which he had made timely application in due form, and T. R. Montgomery, who was not a veteran of that war, was appointed in his stead. The petition, praying for a writ *502of mandamus, so stated, but omitted to allege that the men were possessed of equal qualifications, and on this ground, as well as that the act of the Legislature was unconstitutional, the demurrer to…