Matteson

The appellant, appearing in propria persona throughout these proceedings, filed in the Superior Court a verified document entitled “Petition for Court Order,” which, although obviously prepared without legal assistance, may be here regarded as it was in the court below, as a petition for a writ of mandate. Omitting most of the numerous conclusions of law stated in the petition it contains the following allegations of fact: Petitioner was employed by the respondent as a secondary grade teacher on September 1, 1912, and continued as such until his discharge “without cause” on June 30, 1919; at all times since the last-mentioned date he has “diligently sought reelection to and employment in” his position as a teacher, secondary grade, “as attested by” his life diploma entitling him to teach in all the “public educational institutions” in the state, but has been at all times refused and denied employment in any of the city schools although the respondent has admitted and still admits his “particular educational, technical and practical competency”; the respondent has refused to “restore and record” petitioner’s name on the list of eligible teachers of the city of Los Angeles. The…