People ex rel. Goudie v. Allman

Plaintiff filed a petition against the Commissioner of Police, the members of the Civil Service Commission and the City of Chicago praying that a writ of mandamus issue to compel his reinstatement as a captain of police of the City of Chicago. There was a hearing before the court, judgment was entered in plaintiff’s favor, and the defendants appeal.

On October 5, 1904 plaintiff filed his verified application for examination with the Civil Service Commission in which he gave the date of his birth as April 30, 1880. He took the examination, was appointed patrolman, and afterwards, from time to…