Gouker v. Winnebago County Board of Supervisors

Plaintiff, a resident of and a property owner in the city of Rockford, filed a declaratory judgment action attacking the validity of the Public Building Commission Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, chap. 34 (Counties) pars. 3301 et seq.— to be transferred to chap. 85 (Local Government) as pars. 1031 et seq.) After ordering that additional parties be joined, the trial court struck the complaint and dismissed the action.

Plaintiff filed a petition for change of venue to some other county for the reasons set forth in attached . affidavits.. The reasons given are that the trial judge and other, judges…