People ex rel. Maloney v. Lindblom
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. This was a petition for a common law writ of certiorari, brought in the name of the People, on the relation of John Maloney, against Robert Lindblom, Edward Carroll and John W. Ludwig, civil service commissioners.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. This was a petition for a common law writ of certiorari, brought in the name of the People, on the relation of John Maloney, against Robert Lindblom, Edward Carroll and John W. Ludwig, civil service commissioners. In the petition it was averred that the petitioner is a citizen of the State of Illinois, a resident, property owner and taxpayer of the city of Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a native of the city of Chicago, in which he has lived continuously since his birth, forty-three years…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
It will be observed upon an examination of the prayer of the petition that the petitioner asks that the certification of Aaron L. BrOwn may be rescinded and revoked, and that the name of the petitioner, John Maloney, may be certified by the commission to the commissioner of public works in lieu of the name of Aaron L. Brown. It is apparent from the prayer of the petitioner that the scope and purpose of a common law writ of certiorari are misconceived by him. This is not a proceeding in which the certification of Brown by the civil service commission can be set aside by the court, and the…
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