Harnett v. City of Chicago

Appellate Court of Illinois

Harnett v. City of Chicago

204 Ill. App. 252

CourtAppellate Court of Illinois

DecidedMarch 8, 1917

DocketGen. No. 21,790

StatusPublished

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Harnett v. City of Chicago, 204 Ill. App. 252 (Ill. Ct. App. 1917).

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Mr. Justice Goodwin

delivered the opinion of the court.

4. Municipal corporations, § 134*—how office of police sergeant is not created. The office of sergeant of police was not created by the sixty-sixth and sixty-eighth clauses of section 1 of article V of the Cities and Villages Act [J. & A. tf 1334(66), 1334(68)]. 5. Municipal corporations, § 131*—when ordinance is not controlling as to demotion of police officer. Section 1909 of an ordinance of April 1, 1911, of the City of Chicago, is not controlling as to a demotion of a police officer from sergeant to patrolman on February 17, 1908, as such ordinance was not in effect at the time of such demotion.

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Mr. Justice Goodwin

delivered the opinion of the court.

4. Municipal corporations, § 134*—how office of police sergeant is not created. The office of sergeant of police was not created by the sixty-sixth and sixty-eighth clauses of section 1 of article V of the Cities and Villages Act [J. & A. tf 1334(66), 1334(68)]. 5. Municipal corporations, § 131*—when ordinance is not controlling as to demotion of police officer. Section 1909 of an ordinance of April 1, 1911, of the City of Chicago, is not controlling as to a demotion of a police officer from sergeant to patrolman on February 17, 1908, as such ordinance was not in effect at the time of such demotion.

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