Price v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 39 Wash. 376
• 81 P. 847
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 872

Syllabus

<p>Officers — Removal — Municipal Corporations — Employees. In the absence of restraints, the power of appointment to an office for an indefinite term implies the power to remove.</p> <p>Same—Review by Courts. The removal of a municipal employee or officer holding an indefinite term, pursuant to the charter provisions therefor and approved by the civil service commission in the manner directed, is final and cannot be reviewed by the courts, where the charter authorizes the appointing power to. make the removal upon the filing of a statement in writing of the reasons therefor, and provides for a hearing before the civil service commission, which has power to approve the removal or reinstate the employee.</p> <p>Same. The right to a hearing before an impartial board does not change the rule that the removal of a municipal officer effected in the statutory manner is final and conclusive on the courts.</p>