People Ex Rel. Smith v. City of Chicago

Appellees, James Smith and James F. Lynch, filed their petition in the superior court of Cook county. They made the city council of the city of Chicago, the mayor, treasurer, comptroller and the clerk parties defendant, and prayed that a writ of mandamus be issued commanding defendants to pay relators their lawful salaries for the years 1932 and 1933. The defendants alleged in their answer that they had paid relators all they were entitled to and that they were under no duty to pay any further sum. The cause was heard before the court without a jury and the writ of mandamus was awarded as…