People ex rel. Ettelson v. Faherty

By leave of court Samuel A. Ettelson, corporation counsel for the city of Chicago, was granted permission to file an original petition in this court for a writ of mandamus against Michael J. Faherty and others, composing the board of local improvements of the city of Chicago. The petition alleges that Ettelson is the corporation counsel of the city of Chicago and a citizen and tax-payer in said city; that it is his duty to have- charge of and attend to all the legal business of all the departments of the city of Chicago; that he maintains an office in said city, with numerous assistants and…