People Ex Rel. Illinois Armory Board v. Kelly

By leave granted, relator has filed in this court a petition praying a writ of mandamus against the mayor, city clerk and city comptroller of the city of Chicago, commanding them to execute and deliver to the Illinois Armory Board a deed conveying certain premises in the city of Chicago under the terms of an ordinance donating the premises to relator as a site for an armory. The premises are specifically described, and lie between East Pearson street on the north, East Chicago avenue on the south, and North Seneca street on the west.

The ordinance was enacted under the terms of an act approved…