People Ex Rel. Coutrakon v. Lohr

The questions arising in these consolidated cases involve the validity of enacted House Bill 733, entitled: “An Act to provide for a Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority in metropolitan Cook County and to define its powers and duties,” to be known as the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 34, pars. i55gi et seq.

They arise out of two separate cases decided by the circuit court of Sangamon County. Number 34024 was a complaint in quo warranto brought by George R Coutrakon, as State’s Attorney of Sangamon County, against the Metropolitan Fair and…