People ex rel. v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus. — Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
The petitioner being a patrolman when the civil service law went into effect, was what is known as a “holdover.” Thereafter, by direction of the superintendent of police he took the civil service examination as to his qualifications as a patrolman.
Whether this direction was compulsory and whether he might not have refused to comply with it is now of no consequence. He did take the examination and having done so, and successfully passed such examination, he became under the civil service law an eligible; his name went upon the list of eligibles. If such position was inconsistent with the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McNeill v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901
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- Pollard v. SpeerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918