Wendell v. City of Peoria

Appellant on March 16, 1916, filed his bill in chancery in the circuit court of Peoria county, to the May term thereof, against appellees, the city of Peoria, the department of health of the city of Peoria, and E. A. Garrett, commissioner of health of said city, to enjoin the enforcement of paragraph (b) of section I of an ordinance of said city, providing, among other things, that no person shall attend or be permitted to attend any public or private school who has not been effectively vaccinated for the prevention of small-pox within six years from the passage of said ordinance. The bill…