PEOPLE EX REL. SANAGHAN v. SWALEC

Gen. No. 47,665.

22 Ill. App.2d 374 (1959)

161 N.E.2d 352

People of the State of Illinois, ex rel. William Sanaghan, Petitioners-Appellees, v. John Swalec, Walter Jadczak, Edward Jedlicea, William Dolega, J.T. Windauer, Joseph Kogut, and Ward Milkins, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Released for publication October 19, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John McMahon Murphy, of Chicago, for plaintiffs-appellees.


PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus against the trustees of the Village of Calumet Park, praying that the trustees be ordered to appoint a board of fire and police commissioners by virtue of § 14-1 of the Cities and Villages Act (Ill. Rev. Stat., 1957, ch. 24, § 14-1). The defendants appeal from a summary judgment granting the writ of mandamus.

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