Abbott v. Lee

JUDGE McCORMICK

delivered the opinion of the court.

An action for declaratory judgment was brought by Leonard Abbott and others (hereafter referred to as plaintiffs), all of whom were patrolmen of the police department of the city of Chicago, against William A. Lee, Albert W. Williams and John J. Ahern, constituting the civil service commission of the city of Chicago (hereafter referred to as defendants), to have the court declare the sergeant’s promotional examination held by the Chicago civil service commission void because of the alleged failure of the commission to comply with certain…