People ex rel. Hambel v. McConnell
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an original proceeding instituted by Allie J. Hambel, against S. P. McConnell, one of the judges of the circuit court of Cook county, for a mandamus to compel the respondent to decide a motion for a new trial in another case tried in the circuit court by Judge Driggs, shortly before his death. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bailey
This is an original proceeding in this court for mandamus. The petition represents, in substance, that there was heretofore and is now pending in the Circuit Court of Cook county, a certain action at law, in which Allie J. Hambel is plaintiff and Charles F. Hayes is defendant, and that such proceedings were had therein, that on the 3d day of March, 1892, a trial was had before the Honorable George Driggs, one of the Judges of that court, and a jury, resulting in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $400; that on the 8th day of March, 1892, Hayes, the defendant, entered in the cause his…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Harless v. HatchIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
3Cited by10 opinions
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- Harrison v. People ex rel. O'HareAppellate Court of Illinois · 1906
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