Stott v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court affirming a judgment of the superior court of Cook county dismissing the petition of appellant praying for a writ of mandamus to the city of Chicago, the mayor and superintendent of police thereof, respectively, commanding them to place petitioner’s name upon the police pay rolls of said city of Chicago, to the end that petitioner might draw the pay'of a police patrolman.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
The position assumed by appellant in this case, as we understand it from the brief and argument, is, that this application or petition is for the purpose of restoring him to the pay-rolls, his contention being that he is still a police patrolman of the city of Chicago and that his pay is illegally withheld. He alleges in his petition that in 1890 he was appointed to the office of police patrolman, and served in that capacity and received his compensation thence to the 14th day of March, 1898, when, as he contends, without lawful authority his name was dropped from the pay-roll. He alleges…
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