Preston v. City of Chicago

This is a petition for a writ of mandanms, filed by the plaintiff in error in the superior court of Cook county against defendants in error for the purpose of having his name restored to the police pay-roll, from which it was dropped March 14, 1898. The petition avers the petitioner was appointed police patrolman by the superintendent of police of the city of Chicago on June 1, 1886,' took the oath of office, entered upon the discharge of his duties and continued in the discharge thereof until March 14, 1898, when, by order of the superintendent of police, his name was dropped from the…