Young v. Adam

Per Curiam :

This was a proceeding to contest an election for the office of alderman for one of the wards of the city of Joliet.

The only question discussed is, had the county court of Will county jurisdiction to try the contest ? It is agreed if that court had jurisdiction the judgment is to be affirmed, and if not, it shall be reversed.

In Brush v. Lemma, 77 Ill. 496, which was a contest for the office of mayor of the city of Carbondale in Jackson county, and which was twice argued—the first time at the June term, 1874, and the last time at the June term, 1875, we held that a contest for the…