People ex rel.Damron v. McCormick
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a petition for a mandamus, filed in this court, the contents, object and purpose of which fully appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scott
This is an original proceeding in this court, and the petition is for a writ of mandamus. The suit is brought in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, on the relation of Almus G. Damron, who represents himself to be “the State’s attorney, and also a citizen and tax-payer, of Johnson county,” against T. J. McCormick, W. T. Davis and L. F. Walker, county commissioners of Johnson county, and Francis M. Jones, county clerk of the same county. It is alleged in the petition that the respondent (Jones) was elected county clerk of Johnson county at the general election in November, 1877,…
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