Board of Trustees of Madison County Children's Home v. State Ex Rel. Laird

The petition in error raises four questions :

1. Was the examination for the positions of superintendent and matron a legal examination, and was the eligible list properly and legally prepared?

2. If the examination was legal, can the appointing officers be compelled to make an appointment when the certified list contains less than three names?

3. Was the action of the State Civil Service Commission in vacating the eligible list legal?

4. If the eligible list was legally vacated, can the court compel the appointment of either of the relators from the certified list?

The first two questions were…