Hall v. Thode
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the County Court of Woodford county ; the Hon. Bazel D. Meek, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
The parties to this writ of error were competing candidates for the office of clerk of the circuit court of Woodford county. The certificate of election was awarded to George Thode; whereupon Lewis Hall, plaintiff in error, instituted proceedings in the county court of Woodford, under the act of 1872, to contest the election.
There are no objections to the preliminary proceedings in that court, which, on a full hearing, decreed against the contestant, who sues out this writ of error to reverse the same.
The first question made is, that a writ of error does not lie in the case. It is contended…
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