HANLEY v. MURPHY

Docket Nos. S.F. 18674, 18675, 18676.

40 Cal.2d 572 (1953)

255 P.2d 1

WILLIAM HANLEY, Respondent, v. DANIEL C. MURPHY, Individually and as Sheriff, etc. et al., Appellants. BERNARD REILLY, Respondent, v. THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 30, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dion R. Holm, City Attorney (San Francisco), and Bernard J. Ward, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellants.

Charles P. Scully for Respondent Hanley.

Alfred J. Hennessy for Respondent Reilly.


SPENCE, J.

These appeals are from judgments ordering the issuance of writs of mandate requiring the restoration of the two petitioners to their respective former positions of superintendent of jail under the sheriff of the city and county of San Francisco, and the payment to them of the salary fixed for those positions in lieu of the compensation received by them following their demotion. The cases were tried concurrently before the same trial judge and are presented...

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