People ex rel. Crnkovich v. Kroll

The relator, Joseph it. Crnkovich, who had been elected and declared a trustee of the Village of McCook, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus wherein he sought to prevent the other trustees of the village, its president and clerk, from entertaining a petition to contest his election which was filed more than thirty days after relator had been declared elected. A motion to dismiss the petition was sustained, and an order entered accordingly, from which relator appeals. No evidence was heard in the proceedings.

It appears from the pleadings that relator was elected trustee of the village on…