PEOPLE EX REL. DAESCH v. MAYOR OF CITY OF BELLEVILLE

No. 36197.

22 Ill.2d 226 (1961)

174 N.E.2d 678

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Donald Daesch et al., Appellees, v. MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BELLEVILLE et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 19, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EUGENE H. WIDMAN, City Attorney, of Belleville, for appellants.

MELVIN W. TROTIER, of East St. Louis, for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

Relator, who is a member of the Belleville Fire Department sought and obtained a writ of mandamus from the circuit court of St. Clair County requiring the defendants, members of the city council of the city of Belleville, to adopt an ordinance providing for an election of officers in the fire department of the city of Belleville, and also directing the city treasurer to...

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