People Ex Rel. Hawkonsen v. Conlisk

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURMAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an interlocutory appeal from, a temporary injunction. By its terms the respondent, the Superintendent of Police, was restrained from filling any office of sergeant of police from any purported civil service list published on or after June 4, 1969, until petitioners’ suit for a writ of mandamus was determined on the merits.

Since we believe that for the purpose of this appeal we must consider whether the petition for a writ of mandamus sufficiently states a claim for mandamus, we will summarize its allegations. Petitioners…