Police Commissioner v. Commissioner of Civil Service

The first of these proceedings is a petition for a writ of mandamus, and the second a petition for a writ of certiorari. Both relate to the same facts. In the first the respondent filed an answer in the nature of a demurrer; in the second a return and an answer in the nature of a demurrer. In the first the demurrer was sustained and an order entered dismissing the petition as matter of law; in the second an order was made dismissing the petition as matter of law. The questions of law raised by the order in each case have been reported for our determination.

The facts relevant to the grounds of…