The PEOPLE EX REL. HAHN v. Hurley

Three individuals seeking employment as sign hangers by the city of Chicago brought mandamus proceedings in the superior court of Cook County to compel the Civil Service Commission of the city to nullify and set aside an examination held for such position on April 11, 1953. The trial court denied relief, but on appeal to the Appellate Court its judgment was reversed and the cause remanded with directions to award the writ. (People ex rel. Hahn v. Hurley, 7 Ill. App.2d 107.) We have granted leave for further appeal to this court.

Relators had been employed as sign hangers by the city under…