People ex rel. DeDoncker v. City of East Moline

This case was commenced on November 18, 1958, by the filing of a petition in the name of the People on the relation of David DeDoncker for a writ of mandamus seeking to compel the defendant City of East Moline, a municipal corporation, to abide by the result of a municipal election held on April 16, 1957, which result was for the abandonment of the managerial (city manager) form of municipal government, and to comply with Ch. 24, Ill. Rev. Stats., par. 20-13, and such other parts of the Revised Cities and Villages Act, Ch. 24, par. 1- — -1 ff as may be applicable thereto. The defendant City…