Kenneally v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Thomas G. Windes, Judge, presiding. This is a petition for mandamus, filed in the circuit court of Cook county by James Kenneally, the appellant, who claims to have been wrongfully omitted and excluded as a policeman from the pay-roll of the police department of the city of Chicago since March 14, 1898, against the appellees, the city of Chicago, the mayor of said city, the superintendent of police, and the civil service commissioners of said city,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
Many of the points,' made by counsel for appellant in this case, are the same as those, which were made and passed upon by this court in the cases of Stott v. City of Chicago, 205 Ill. 281, McNeill v. City of Chicago, 212 id. 481, and Moon v. Mayor, 214 id. 40.
First—Appellant claims that he was appointed a police patrolman on the 19th day of March, 1888, and continued to act as such police patrolman from March 19, 1888, up to March 14, 1898, when, as he alleges, he was dropped from the pay-rolls by the superintendent of police. Appellant’s appointment on March 19, 1888, must have been, and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Stott v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Eylenfeldt v. Illinois Steel Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Moon v. MayorIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- People ex rel. Akin v. Board of Supervisors of Adams CountyIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- People ex rel. Stettauer v. OlsenIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
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3Cited by44 opinions
- People ex rel. Bruce v. DunneIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
- People ex rel. Miller v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- People Ex Rel. Ballinger v. O'CONNORAppellate Court of Illinois · 1957
- State ex rel. Sullivan v. SchnitgerWyoming Supreme Court · 1908
- Schultheis v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
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