Powell v. People ex rel. Clarke
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus proceeding. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1904. Statement by the Court.
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Mandamus proceeding. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1904. Statement by the Court. The People of the State of Illinois, on the relation of Charles L. Clarke, filed in the Superior Court, against Powell, Meier and Errant, Civil Service Commissioners of Chicago, and Reynolds, Commissioner of Health of said city, a petition for a mandamus commanding said Civil Service Commissioners to strike from the list of eligibles for the position of Chief Sanitary Inspector, the names of Ball,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr Presiding Justice Baker
delivered the opinion of the court.
We have not been favored with any brief for appellee. The contention of appellants is,' that, the demurrer should have been carried back and sustained to the petition. The petition avers that the Commisioner of Health requested, in writing, the Civil Service Commissioners to certify to him, in accordance with the Civil Service rules, the names of persons eligible to appointment to the position of Chief Sanitary Inspector; that notice was given and an examination held under the direction of said Commissioners, as the result of which…
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- People ex rel. Throop v. LangdonMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
- People ex rel. Akin v. LoefflerIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
3Cited by1 opinion
- People, ex rel. Ball v. HedrickAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907