People ex rel. Lynch v. City of Chicago

On July 10,1931, Michael Lynch, a police patrolman, filed his petition for a writ of mandamus against the City of Chicago, its mayor, its commissioner of police, certain other of its officials and its three civil service commissioners. Defendants filed a general and special demurrer. Subsequently the petition was amended by the striking out of certain words so that its prayer was for the issuance of the writ commanding defendants “to forthwith place the name of petitioner upon the roster of the department of police, and upon the department of police pay roll, as a sergeant, to the end that…