GOWANLOCK v. TURNER

Docket Nos. S.F. 18593, 18640.

42 Cal.2d 296 (1954)

267 P.2d 310

THOMAS W. GOWANLOCK et al., Respondents, v. JAMES TURNER, as Manager of Utilities, etc., et al., Appellants; JOSEPH ROBINSON, Intervener and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 24, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dion R. Holm, City Attorney (San Francisco), and A. Dal Thomson, Public Utilities Counsel, for Appellants.

Lamson, Jordan & Walsh for Intervener and Appellant.

Tobriner & Lazarus, Mathew O. Tobriner and Stanley H. Neyhart for Respondents.


EDMONDS, J.

Several employees of the municipal railway of the city and county of San Francisco, on behalf of themselves and all other employees similarly situated, sued for writs of mandate and for declaratory relief. Named as defendants are the manager of utilities of the public utilities commission, the members of the civil service commission and its secretary, and the controller. Joseph Robinson, on behalf of the taxpayers of the city and county, has filed a complaint...

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