People Ex Rel. Swift v. Superior Court

Upon leave granted, an original petition for a writ of prohibition was filed in this court on relation of the executors of the will of Edward E. Swift, deceased, against the superior court of Cook county and Denis E. Sullivan, as judge thereof. Its avowed purpose was to enforce respect for and compliance with a judgment heretofore entered by this court in Howard v. Swift, 356 Ill. 80. Respondents were ruled to show cause, and the proceedings in the lower court were stayed pending the disposition of the petition here. The question is whether our former decision in Howard v. Swift, supra,…