People ex rel. Tinkoff v. Northwestern University

This is a mandamus action seeking to compel defendants “to allow and to admit” the registration of Paysoff Tinkoff, Jr., as a freshman in the College of Liberal Arts of Northwestern University. Defendants’ motion to dismiss was sustained and the suit dismissed. Plaintiffs appealed from the judgment of dismissal to the Supreme Court. The cause was transferred to this .court because a constitutional question was not involved. (396 Ill. 233.)

After judgment and within thirty days plaintiffs made a motion for leave to amend their petition by adding an additional count. The court denied leave on…