Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Solon v. Lower

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 18, 1912PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. M. Mangan, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand

On April 12, 1910, Frank T. Fowler, superintendent of streets in the city of Chicago, filed charges with the civil service commissioners of the city against Frank W. Solon, assistant superintendent of streets. On April 13 a copy of the charges was served on Solon and a trial was had before the civil service commissioners, which resulted on May 4, 1910, in a finding and order that Solon be discharged, under which order he was discharged. A petition for a rehearing before the commissioners was filed and denied, and on April 17, 1911, Solon filed a petition in the circuit court of Cook county…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Anderson v. StegerIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Roby v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  3. People ex rel. Leach v. County of VermilionIllinois Supreme Court · 1904

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Matthiessen v. OttIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
  2. American Surety Co. v. JonesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1942
  3. Chas. Ind Co. v. Cecil B. Wood, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1965
  4. Chas. Ind Co. v. Cecil B. Wood, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1965
  5. Matthiessen v. OttAppellate Court of Illinois · 1914

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