People ex rel. Campbell v. Kapp

On June 28, 1937, Matthew Campbell, relator, filed his petition in the circuit court of Sangamon county, for a writ of mandamus against John W. Kapp, Jr., as mayor, C. F. Nuess, as superintendent of police, Bay E. Simmons, as comptroller, Charles A. Schuppe, as city treasurer, Harry B. Luers, as commissioner of accounts and finances, and John P. Snigg, Edward W. Lartz and J. O. Holland, as civil service commissioners of the city of Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois. Upon a trial of said proceeding the People’s peremptory writ of mandamus was awarded as prayed for in the petition.

John W.…