People ex rel. Northup v. County of Cook

John E. Northup was on June 2, 1913, appointed by the criminal court of Cook county a special State’s attorney for the investigation and prosecution of offenses supposed to have been committed against the election laws in the general election of November, 1912. He acted under the áppointment, devoting his whole time to the performance of the duties imposed, and on June 13, 1914, filed in this court, pursuant to leave granted, a petition for a writ of mandamus against the county of Cook, the president and members of the board of commissioners of Cook county, the county clerk and county…