Logan v. Civil Service Commission

The defendants, Civil Service Commission and Department of Public Welfare of the State of Illinois, have appealed directly from a judgment of the circuit court of Union County reversing a decision of the Civil Service Commission discharging plaintiff, Cora Logan, from her position as “Nurse I” in the classified service of the State of Illinois, on the ground that she had insufficient vision to properly perform her duties.

The proceeding for plaintiff’s dismissal was instituted by the filing of written charges with the commission by Dr. R. C. Steele, division head of the Anna State Hospital,…