People Ex Rel. Broomell v. Hoffman

Pursuant to leave granted, the People of the State, on the relation of Francis E. Broomell, filed an original petition for a writ of mandamus, alleging that the county court of Cook county, by an order entered September 15, 1925, upon a rule against William Burke, Fred Nehring, Charles Newman, William Restivo and Jack Balaban to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt, and upon their sworn answers to the rule and on the evidence heard, found that a special proposition election was held in the city of Chicago on April 7, 1925, on the question of the adoption of an ordinance…