People ex rel. Bruce v. Dunne

By leave of court granted at the December term, 1912, George R. Bruce filed his petition for a peremptory writ of mandamus directed to Charles S. Deneen, Governor, Cornelius J. Doyle, Secretary of State, James S. McCullough, Auditor, Edward E. Mitchell, Treasurer, and William H. Stead, Attorney General. The petition alleged that at the general election held in the twenty-third senatorial district in November, 1912, the petitioner was a candidate for the office of representative in the General Assembly; that the canvassing board for Cook county outside of the city of Chicago and town of…