McGowan v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Adeloe J. Petit, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Gridley
delivered the opinion of the court.
On March 31, 1908, appellee filed his petition in the Circuit Court of Cook county for a writ of mandamus to compel appellant “to forthwith place the name of your petitioner on the roster of police officers as sergeant, and upon the police payroll of said City of Chicago as sergeant, to the end that he may at once enter upon the performance of his duties as sergeant, with the same right to continue in the performance thereof and receive salary therefor as he had to continue in the performance thereof and receive salary therefor,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Kenneally v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Schultheis v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Rendleman v. RendlemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Eberstein v. WilletsIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Kerting v. HiltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Ballinger v. O'CONNORAppellate Court of Illinois · 1957
- People Ex Rel. Heavey v. FitzgeraldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973