People v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus proceeding. Error to the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ball
Section 12 of the Act to Begulate the Civil Service of Cities (E. S. Hurd 1905, sec. 457, ch. 24, p. 395) provides that “ Ho officer or employe in the classified civil service of any city who shall have been appointed under said rules and after said examination shal-l be removed or discharged except for cause, upon written charges and after an opportunity to be heard in his own defense. Such charges shall be investigated by or before said Civil Service Commission, or by or before some officer or board appointed by said commission, to conduct such investigation. The finding and decision of…
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- State ex rel. Niggle v. KirkwoodWashington Supreme Court · 1896
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