State Ex Rel. Moore v. Toberman

On the 8th day of July, 1952, these two cases came to the writer on reassignment.

The relator-appellant-respondent Moore and the interveners-defendants, cross-appellants Heinkel et al., appeal from judgments of the Cole County Circuit Court in two consolidated cases against the respondent Secretary of State, one in mandamus and the other for a declaratory judgment. Both present essentially the same issues. The ultimate question for determination is whether Senate Bill 267, enacted during the last session of the 66th General Assembly,' dividing the State into eleven new congressional districts,…