Bell v. SOUTH COOK CTY. MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DIST.

3 Ill.2d 353 (1954)

121 N.E.2d 473

CLARENCE J. BELL et al., Appellants,

v.

THE SOUTH COOK COUNTY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT, Appellee.

No. 33137.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 24, 1954.

Rehearing denied September 20, 1954.

JOHN F. TYRRELL, and LAWRENCE E. McGANN, both of Chicago, for appellants.

JACOB SHAMBERG, of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

This direct appeal presents the single question whether votes cast at a referendum election under the Mosquito Abatement Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, chap. 111 1/2, pars. 74-85,) may be canvassed by a statutory election contest in the…