Bolton v. Whalen

The city of Joliet, in Will county, adopted the commission form of municipal government in the year 1915. At a primary held in the city on March 3, 1931, the appellant, Hugh IT. Bolton, Robert J. Cronin, David J. Emery, John K. Jeffrey, Joseph E. Kochevar, Samuel E. Shepley, Martin J. Whalen and Robert Wraith were nominated for the four offices of commissioner. The election was held on April 21, 1931, and on the next day the official canvass of the returns from the eighteen election districts or precincts of the city disclosed that Shepley, Wraith, Emery and Whalen, in the order stated, stood…