State ex rel. Wettrick v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 115 Wash. 548
• 197 P. 782
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 772

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations (88)—Officers—Removal—Civil Service—Abolition of Office—Good Faith. A qualified incumbent of a position or office under the classified civil service of a city cannot be legislated out of office by a change in the name of the office, the duties of the position remaining substantially the same as before the change.</p> <p>Mandamus (89)—Jurisdiction—Scope of Inquiry. Mandamus is the proper remedy to restore to his former position an employee discharged in violation of the civil service laws, and to enforce payment of the salary attached to the office during the time he was separated therefrom.</p>