People Ex Rel. Miller v. Hotz

A demurrer was sustained to a petition filed in the circuit court of Madison county for a writ of mandamus against the county clerk of that county. The relator electing to stand by his petition, the court dismissed it at his costs, and he has appealed.

J. R. Brown, who was State’s attorney of Madison county, was elected judge of the circuit court for the third circuit on June 6, 1927, and resigned his office as State’s attorney. The board of supervisors appointed Alvin C. Bohm to fill the vacancy thus caused in the office of State’s attorney. A petition was filed against Joseph Hotz, the…