Malloy v. City of Chicago

Per Curiam :

The superior court of Cook county awarded a writ of mandamus against appellants commanding the payment of salaries of appellees as firemen and policemen of the city of Chicago from the date of their involuntary retirement on December 31, 1935, to May 21, 1937. The question of the validity of an ordinance ratifying the retirement orders brings the cause to this court on a direct appeal.

Appellees were retired by the heads of their respective departments under the provisions of the 1935 Police and Eiremen Retirement act, on account of their having reached the age of sixty-three…