Case Name: The State, ex rel. Grace M. Lamb, v. Rollin Swisher and William S. Bundy, as The State Civil Service Commission of Ohio
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1925
Citations: 3 Ohio Law Abs. 342
Docket Number: No. 19069
Parties: The State, ex rel. Grace M. Lamb, v. Rollin Swisher and William S. Bundy, as The State Civil Service Commission of Ohio.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Jones, Matthias, Allen, Kinkade and Robinson, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 3
Pages: 342–343

Head Matter:
No. 522
No. 19069
The State, ex rel. Grace M. Lamb, v. Rollin Swisher and William S. Bundy, as The State Civil Service Commission of Ohio.
In Mandamus.
CIVIL SERVICE:—Reinstatement of employe in classified service, held within discretion of the Commission, unless some affirmative abuse appears.

Opinion:
DAY, J.
Reinstatement of an employe in the classified service under Rule X, Section 10, Rules and Regulations. State Civil Service Commission, Section 486-16, General Code, relating to absence from duty without leave for more than ten consecutive days and failure to report within ten days after revocation of leave of absence, is a matter in the sound discretion of the Civil Service Commission, with the consent of the appointing officer and unless some affirmative abuse thereof appears, a writ of mandamus to compel such reinstatement will be denied.
Writ denied.
Marshall, C. J., Jones, Matthias, Allen, Kinkade and Robinson, JJ., concur.