Stott v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus, to compel the mayor and superintendent of police to place the name of the petitioner upon the pay-roll. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding.
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Mandamus, to compel the mayor and superintendent of police to place the name of the petitioner upon the pay-roll. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Axel Chytraus, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1901. Statement. — Appellant filed his petition in the Superior Court, praying for the issuing of a writ of mandamus to compel the mayor and the superintendent of police of the city of Chicago to place the name of the petitioner upon the police pay-roll of said city. The petition sets up in effect that petitioner had passed an examination under the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sears
The only question presented upon this appeal is as to the sufficiency of the third plea. The petition does not allege that petitioner has ever been appointed police patrolman under the provisions of the civil service act (Hurd’s Statutes, 1899, 351), but merely that he was, by reason of an examination and prior military service, at the head of the list of eligibles. The plea does aver that petitioner has never received any such appointment under the civil service act.
In McNeil v. City, 93 Ill. App. 124, which was also a proceeding for mandamus, the petition alleged that the relator there had…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McNeill v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901
3Cited by1 opinion
- State ex rel. Jenkins v. SchnellerOhio Superior Court, Cincinnati · 1914