Cronin

Plaintiff Robert E. Cronin was, on the eleventh day of October, 1922, the duly appointed, qualified, and acting jailer of the county of Los Angeles. On said day William I. Traeger, the sheriff of said county, served written notice upon plaintiff, suspending him from his position as a jailer, and notifying him that on the twentieth day of said month he would discharge him from his position. With said notice said sheriff presented in writing to plaintiff his reasons for his intended discharge of plaintiff, and on the same day filed with the Civil Service Commission of said county a written copy of said reasons. The plaintiff, on October 17, 1922, filed with said Commission his written reply to said reasons. On the 27th of said month said sheriff served a second written notice upon plaintiff in which he notified plaintiff that he was discharged from his position as jailer. The plaintiff, in the belief that said discharge was illegal, made demand upon said Commission for a warrant covering his salary for the month of October, 1922, and upon the refusal of said Commission to certify .said warrant, plaintiff instituted this action for a writ of mandate against said Commission and the…