McNeill v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1900. Statement by the Court.—Appellant filed his petition for mandamus in the Circuit Court of Cook County against the city of Chicago, the mayor, superintendent of police and civil service commissioners, naming them, and praying a writ of mandamus against the defendants, commanding the first three defendants to place the name of…
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Mandamus.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1900. Statement by the Court.—Appellant filed his petition for mandamus in the Circuit Court of Cook County against the city of Chicago, the mayor, superintendent of police and civil service commissioners, naming them, and praying a writ of mandamus against the defendants, commanding the first three defendants to place the name of appellant upon the roster of police patrolmen and upon the police pay-roll of said city, so that he might hereafter draw…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Windes
On behalf of the appellees it is claimed that the appellant is not entitled to a mandamus because the amended petition fails to show that he was certified to the appointing officer of the police department for appointment, pursuant to section 10 of the civil service act. We are of opinion that this claim is well founded, in so far as appellant relies on said act.
As is seen by the allegations of the petition, which in the consideration of the questions here presented must be taken as true, appellant had been continuously a police patrolman of the city of Chicago for moré than eight years at…
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