People ex rel. Elder v. Quilici

This is a quo warranto proceeding brought at the request and on the relation of Edgar B. Elder, who was defeated by defendant at an election on June 3, 1940, to fill a vacancy in the municipal court bench of Chicago. The gist of the action is that this election was null and void in that it was conducted in only 648 out of a total of 3,648 regularly established election precincts in the city of Chicago.

Judge Graber resigned as an associate judge of the municipal court June 13,1939, thus creating a vacancy; his unexpired term was for more than one year.

Section 9 of the Municipal Court Act (Ill.…