People ex rel. Dietz v. Sheehan

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Civil Service Commission of Chicago to grant the relator, Walter Dietz, an additional six-tenths of a point credit for military service in a civil service promotional examination for police sergeant. The Circuit Court of Cook County granted the writ on a motion for judgment on the pleadings.

The facts are undisputed. Dietz, who was a patrolman, was inducted into the Army on December 7,1943, and ordered to report for duty on December 28, 1943. He continued working as a policeman until December 24, 1943, when he was granted a military leave…