Kohout v. Civil Service Commission of Chicago

This appeal is from the trial court’s reversal of the Civil Service Commission’s order discharging a City employee. The sole question is whether the findings of the Commission were against the manifest weight of the evidence.

George W. Kohout is a building inspector in the classified service of the department of buildings of the City of Chicago. On March 2nd, 1956, the Commissioner of Buildings filed charges with the Civil Service Commission, specifying that Kohout was guilty of conduct unbecoming an employee. The first charges were that on October 28th, 1955, Kohout informed Stasys Cizikas,…