People ex rel. Caslin v. Geary

Plaintiff filed a mandamus proceeding in the superior court to compel his certification and appointment to the civil service position of deputy inspector in the department of weights and measures in the .City of Chicago. The case was heard by the court on complaint, answer, replication and the testimony of witnesses, and judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff that the writ of mandamus issue. Defendants appeal.

There is substantially no dispute as to the essential facts, which disclose that in June 1941 a civil service examination was held for the position of deputy inspector of weights and…