PEOPLE EX REL. CADELL v. BOARD OF FIRE, ETC.

Term No. 57-F-1.

13 Ill. App.2d 505 (1957)

142 N.E.2d 842

People of State of Illinois ex rel. Charles G. Cadell, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of City of East St. Louis, Illinois, and Thomas E. Krebs, Treasurer of City of East St. Louis, Illinois, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Released for publication June 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Godfrey, Corporation Counsel of City of East St. Louis, of East St. Louis, for defendants-appellants.

Melvin W. Trotier, of East St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellee.


JUDGE BARDENS delivered the opinion of the court.

[1] The relator filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the Circuit Court of St. Clair county to compel the defendant Board to have the position of "dispatcher" in the Fire Department placed under and made subject to the provisions of the Fire and Police Commissioners' Act. The case was submitted to the trial court on a stipulation of facts and the writ was granted. Defendant appeals, contending that...

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