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PEOPLE EX REL. FIKE v. SLAUGHTER

Gen. No. 48,317.

31 Ill. App.2d 175 (1961)

175 N.E.2d 585

The People of the State of Illinois ex rel. Charles W. Fike, Appellee, v. Charles H. Slaughter, as Chairman, Eugene W. Mantz, Member, and John F. Chandler, as Secretary, Constituting the Members of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the Village of Dolton, Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

May 23, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur E. Dillner, of Dolton, and Thomas A. Matthews and Byron S. Matthews, of Chicago, for appellants.

McCarthy, Toomey and Reynolds, of Chicago (John E. Toomey and Perry G. Callas, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE FRIEND delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants appeal from a judgment order of the Circuit Court, entered solely on the pleadings and argument of counsel, directing that a writ of mandamus be issued to compel the appointment of Charles W. Fike (plaintiff) as a patrolman in the police department of the Village of Dolton, Illinois.

The complaint for mandamus alleges that in April 1951 the Village...

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