People ex rel. Holland v. Finn

Defendants appeal from a judgment for petitioner in a proceeding wherein by writ of certiorari the latter sought to have his discharge from the police department of the City of Chicago declared null and void. After the writ of certiorari had issued and respondents had made return by filing their record, the trial court, over defendants’ objection, permitted a replication to be filed and a trial was had upon issues presented on the petition and replication. Judgment was rendered for the petitioner.

We hold that this judgment was improper and that it must be reversed. The most obvious reason…