People ex rel. Beebe v. Evans
Illinois Supreme Court
The relator, in his petition, sets out the establishment of the court for the cities of La Salle and Peru, under the act of the general assembly, approved February 18, 1857, and that it has jurisdiction concurrent with the circuit court, except in cases of murder and treason, the appointment of Churchill C. Coffing as judge of the court, his acceptance, etc., the appointment of Daniel Evans as clerk of the comt, and his acceptance, etc.
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The relator, in his petition, sets out the establishment of the court for the cities of La Salle and Peru, under the act of the general assembly, approved February 18, 1857, and that it has jurisdiction concurrent with the circuit court, except in cases of murder and treason, the appointment of Churchill C. Coffing as judge of the court, his acceptance, etc., the appointment of Daniel Evans as clerk of the comt, and his acceptance, etc. That Evans was to perform for the said court the same duties that were performed by clerks of the circuit courts. That a precipe for a summons was presented…
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, J.
The question presented by this application is, whether the act creating the recorder’s court of the cities of La Salle and Peru,, is constitutional or not. We are not sufficiently advised to decide, satisfactorily to ourselves, many of the questions which might be raised on this application, but one objection to the act presents itself to our minds which we think is fatal to it, and upon which alone we must refuse the application for a mandamus.
While the court is named “The recorder’s court of the cities of La Salle and Peru,” it is, in fact, a court for the towns of La Salle and Salisbury.…
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