State ex rel. Gilmur v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 83 Wash. 91
• 145 P. 61
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1583

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Oeficers—Removal — Civil Service— Abolition oe Oefice — Goon Faith. An officer in tbe civil service of a city cannot be removed from office by an ordinance abolishing tbe office for tbe sole purpose of getting rid of tbe man, and immediately recreating tbe office and appointing another to tbe position; and repeated attempts to do this, after being enjoined from removing tbe officer, and while tbe duties of tbe office still exist and are performed by others, shows the bad faith of tbe city.</p>