City of Chicago v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus. — Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
The relator, John D. Connell, a policeman of the city of Chicago, sued out a writ of mandamus against the city of Chicago, William D. Ilerfoot, as comptroller, and Adam Ortseifen, as treasurer.
In his petition the relator asserts that pay checks had been duly issued by the proper officers of the city of Chicago to pay him his salary as a policeman for the months of June, July and August, 1900, but that the respondents, Ilerfoot and Ortseifen, wrongfully refused to deliver the said checks to the relator. The petition states that one H. Moss claims some interest in the salary and check of the…
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