City of Chicago v. People ex rel. King
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry Booth, Judge, presiding. On the 10th of April, 1872, the General Assembly of this State passed an act, entitled “ An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages.”
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry Booth, Judge, presiding. On the 10th of April, 1872, the General Assembly of this State passed an act, entitled “ An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages.” (Rev. Stat. 1874, p. 211.) By the first section of this act it was provided, that whenever one-eighth of the legal voters of any city, voting at the last preceding municipal election, should petition the mayor and council to submit to a vote of the electors of the city the question of becoming incorporated under said act, it should be the duty of the mayor…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
In view of the statements made by the counsel of the respective parties, that, for the purpose of deciding the substantial questions presented by this record, it will only be necessary for the court to direct its attention to the fifth plea, we shall, as respects the errors assigned on the part of the appellant, confine ourselves to the questions raised and discussed under that plea, to which a general demurrer was sustained.
The plea sets forth, in detail, all the several steps which were taken in regard to the submission of the question of becoming incorporated under the act of 1872, and,…
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