People Ex Rel. Jendrick v. Allman

Appellant, Jendrick, sought a writ of mandamus in the superior court of Cook county to compel appellees, the commissioner of police and civil service commissioners of the city of Chicago, to restore him to the position of patrolman in the classified service in that city, under section 12 of “An Act to regulate the civil service of cities,” as ■amended in 1945. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1945, chap. 24½, par. 51, p. 768.) The court, on motion of appellees, held this amendment to section 12 to be unconstitutional and so certified. The cause was dismissed and comes here on direct appeal with only the…