People ex rel. McDougall v. O'Toole
Appellate Court of Illinois
Quo W arranto, to test the right to an office. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
The constitution of this State contains the following:
Article VI, Section 28. “All justices of the peace in the city of Chicago shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate (but only upon the recommendations of a majority of the judges of the Circuit, Superior and County Courts), and for such districts as are now, or shall hereafter be provided by law. They shall hold their offices for four years, and until their successors have been commissioned and qualified, but they may be removed by summary proceeding in the Circuit or Superior Court, for extortion…
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