Nesladek v. Kanka

At an election held in the village of Stickney, in Cook county, on April 16, 1929, the three appellants, Frank Kanka, William Svolba and Laddie J. Schubert, were declared elected as village trustees by the local canvassing board. The three appellees, Beatrice Nesladek, Lillian Young and May Hules, as electors of the village, on May 9, 1929, filed their separate petitions in the county court of Cook county under section 112 of the general Election act of 1872 (Cahill's Stat. 1929, p. 1169,) to contest the election. The records in the three cases are identical except the names of the parties.…