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  "name": "Benjamin P. Birch, Defendant in Error, v. City of Chicago et al., Plaintiffs in Error",
  "name_abbreviation": "Birch v. City of Chicago",
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  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,941",
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    "id": 8837,
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Benjamin P. Birch, Defendant in Error, v. City of Chicago et al., Plaintiffs in Error."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice McSurely\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice McSurely"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Samuel A. Ettelson, for plaintiffs in error; Roy S. Gaskill, of counsel.",
      "Allen B. Chilcoat and Robert D. Melick, for defendant in error."
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    "head_matter": "Benjamin P. Birch, Defendant in Error, v. City of Chicago et al., Plaintiffs in Error.\nGen. No. 23,941.\n(Not to he reported in full.)\nError to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John J. Gibbons, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1918.\nReversed.\nOpinion filed June 10, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\nPetition by Benjamin P. Birch, against the City of Chicago and others, defendants, for a writ of mandamus to compel the restoration of his name to the pay roll of patrolman in the police department of the City of Chicago. To reverse a judgment that the writ issue, defendants prosecute this writ of error.\nSamuel A. Ettelson, for plaintiffs in error; Roy S. Gaskill, of counsel.\nAbstract of the Decision.\nCivil service, \u00a7 27 \u2014 what must he shown to warrant issuance of writ to compel restoration to office. One seeking a writ of mandamus to compel his restoration to a municipal office must show the legal existence of the office sought, and if it does not appear that there is an ordinance creating the office, the writ will not issue.\nAllen B. Chilcoat and Robert D. Melick, for defendant in error.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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