Gersch v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles A. McDonald, Judge, presiding. On February 15, 1911, the plaintiff in error filed a petition in the superior court of Cook county praying for a writ of mandamus to place his name upon the roster of police patrolmen of the city of Chicago and upon the payroll and to certify his name for payment of his salary as such police patrolman.
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Writ of Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles A. McDonald, Judge, presiding. On February 15, 1911, the plaintiff in error filed a petition in the superior court of Cook county praying for a writ of mandamus to place his name upon the roster of police patrolmen of the city of Chicago and upon the payroll and to certify his name for payment of his salary as such police patrolman. A demurrer was sustained to the petition, and the petitioner having elected to stand by it, the petition was dismissed at his costs. The petitioner has sued out a writ of error from this court to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
In Bullis v. City of Chicago, 235 Ill. 472, and in numerous other decisions both before and since, many, if not all, of which are cited in Preston v. City of Chicago, 246 Ill. 26, questions decisive against the contention of the plaintiff in error have been determined. At the foundation of his case lies the proposition that the office of police patrolman was created by the charter of the city of Chicago in 1863 and was not abolished when the city adopted the Cities and Villages act. The cases referred to have decided this proposition against him, and have decided that there is now in force no…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bullis v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Preston v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
3Cited by4 opinions
- People ex rel. Bruce v. DunneIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
- People Ex Rel. Siegal v. RogersIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
- Gersch v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1915
- Fitzgibbons v. LegrosAppellate Court of Illinois · 1924