People ex rel. Hamilton v. City of Chicago

Mr. Presiding Justice Sullivan

delivered the opinion of the court.

Lon Hamilton, relator, hereinafter referred to as petitioner, was certified by the civil service commission to the position of telephone operator in the police department of the City of Chicago, October 23, 1930. She was discharged April 14, 1931, without the assignment of any cause or reason. She was reinstated November 10, 1931, pursuant to judgment entered in a previous action of mandamus on the ground that she had been illegally discharged. The instant mandamus action was brought by her subsequent to her reinstatement to…