STATE v. CITY OF KNOXVILLE


315 S.W.2d 115 (1958)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. R. Alan ATKIN v. CITY OF KNOXVILLE, et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe C. Thomason, Knoxville, for plaintiff in error.

R.C. Smith, Jr., Knoxville, for defendants in error.


NEIL, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff in error, Atkin, sues the City of Knoxville, the Mayor, Hon. J.W. Dance, and Roy I. Gentry, Director of the Department of Public Service etc., seeking an alternative writ of mandamus to compel his restoration to the position of Airport Manager in the Department of Public Service of Knoxville, the airport being known as McGee-Tyson air field. The charge is made in the petition that the said petitioner was a civil service employee...

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