State Ex Rel. Bakewell v. Hansen

Plaintiff Paul Bakewell, Republican candidate for state’s attorney of Aurora County, applied on September 27, 1940, to the circuit court of that county for a writ of prohibition to prevent the county auditor from printing the name of Walter C" Miller as the Democratic candidate for state’s attorney on the official ballots to be voted at the coming general election. The county auditor filed an answer and Miller was granted leave to file a complaint in intervention. Evidence was introduced by the parties and thereafter on October 9, 1940, the trial court entered an order vacating the…