Legal Opinion
LaMonte v. Kent
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 3, 1911No. Gen. No. 14,809PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Lockwood Honoré, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1908. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court (making opinion final).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
In 1896 the plaintiff in error was a candidate for the office of member of the .Legislature from the Fifth Senatorial District in Illinois. The defendants in error together with W. D. Washburn issued a circular to the voters of the district, in which the following language was used:
“Many of our citizens, feeling most deeply the disgrace that had been thrust upon them in the nomination of Wm. 0. LaMonte * * * a man who has been caught in embezzlement, in passing bogus drafts * * * have induced Mr. Joseph Powell to run as an Independent Eepublican by petition. In voting for Mr. Powell you do…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- White v. NichollsSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
- Commonwealth v. ClapMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- Bissell v. City of KankakeeIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
- Burnap v. WightIllinois Supreme Court · 1853
- People ex rel. Herman v. Commissioners of Bug River Special Drainage Dist.Illinois Supreme Court · 1901
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Territory v. CrowleyHawaii Supreme Court · 1939
- Bowers v. ClaxtonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1918