Hassiepen v. Marcin

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE EGAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitions were circulated in the 7th Precinct of the 8th Ward of Chicago for a “local option” referendum on the proposition prohibiting retail sale of alcoholic liquor in that precinct. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 43, par. 169.) John C. Marcin, the city clerk, certified to the Board of Election Commissioners that petitions pui-porting to be signed by 25% of the voters of the precinct had been filed in his office. The plaintiffs filed a complaint to contest the validity of the petitions and to enjoin the city clerk and the Board of…