McGowan v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Adelob J. Petit, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Gridley
delivered the opinion of the court.
On March 31, 1908, George W. McGowan filed his petition in the Circuit Court of Cook County for a writ of mandamus to compel the City of Chicago “to forthwith place the name of your petitioner on the roster of police officers, as sergeant, and upon the police payroll of said City of Chicago, as sergeant, to the end that he may at once enter upon the performance of his duties as sergeant, with the same right to continue in the performance thereof, and receive salary therefor, as he had to continue in the performance thereof and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- O'Neill v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1912