Olson v. City of Highland Park

This is an appeal by the city of Highland Park and its police and fire commissioners from a declaration of rights and decree construing the civil service act for police and fire departments, * and ordering the defendants to request that promotional examinations he conducted by the Highland Park civil service commission.

The police department was placed under the provisions of the civil service act in April, 1953, by a majority vote of the people of the city of Highland Park. Plaintiff, Fred E. Olson, was a member of the police department of Highland Park for more than 6 months when said act…