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People ex rel. Elmore v. Allman

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Mar 24, 1942
314 Ill. App. 194 (Ill. App. Ct. 1942)

Opinion

Gen. No. 41,542. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed March 24, 1942 Rehearing denied April 11, 1942

CERTIORARI, § 15as proper remedy to review proceedings of civil service commission. Where the writ of mandamus was awarded which commanded the respondents to restore a patrolman to duty, certiorari was the proper remedy to review the proceedings of the civil service commission, and, on the record, the relator was properly discharged for conduct unbecoming a police officer and for neglect to pay, within a reasonable time, just indebtedness incurred while in the service.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from Circuit Court of Cook county; Hon. HARRY M. FISHER, presiding.

Judgment reversed and cause remanded with directions. Heard in second division, first district, this court at December term, 1940.

Barnet Hodes, Corporation Counsel, for appellants;

J. Herzl Segal, Carl H. Lundquist and L. Louis Karton, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel;

Michael F. Ryan, for appellee;

Richard F. McPartlin, Jr., of counsel.


"Not to be published in full." Opinion filed March 24, 1942; rehearing denied April 11, 1942.


Summaries of

People ex rel. Elmore v. Allman

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Mar 24, 1942
314 Ill. App. 194 (Ill. App. Ct. 1942)
Case details for

People ex rel. Elmore v. Allman

Case Details

Full title:People of the State of Illinois ex rel. Charles E. Elmore, Appellee, v…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Mar 24, 1942

Citations

314 Ill. App. 194 (Ill. App. Ct. 1942)
40 N.E.2d 812

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