THOMPSON v. ROBERTS

Gen. No. 10,027.

9 Ill. App.2d 93 (1956)

132 N.E.2d 422

Raymond Thompson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. Albert Roberts et al., as Members of Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of City of Paris, County of Edgar, State of Illinois; Horace Lawler et al., as Mayor and City Commissioners of City of Paris, County of Edgar, State of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied March 14, 1956.

Released for publication March 14, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.L. Sullivan, of Paris, for appellant.

Hartman Schwartz, and Robert I. Trogdon, both of Paris, for appellees.


PRESIDING JUSTICE HIBBS delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff, Raymond A. Thompson, was appointed a member of the fire department of the City of Paris, Illinois on December 1, 1950. On August 10, 1953 the size of the department was reduced and plaintiff was laid off and placed on the reinstatement list. Plaintiff is aggrieved because another member of the force who was employed by the department on the same date as he was not laid off. It appears that the...

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