People ex rel. Sayer v. Garnett
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a petition filed in this court by George J. Sayer, against Gwynn Garnett, Thomas A. Moran and Joseph B. Gary, judges of the Appellate Court, for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents to vacate an order dismissing an appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
This is a petition filed in this Court at the June Term, 1889, in the name of the People on the relation of George J.' Sayer, for a peremptory writ of mandamus to be directed to the judges of the Appellate Court of the First District, commanding them to vacate an order, entered by them, dismissing an appeal taken from the Circuit Court of Cook County to said Appellate Court for want of jurisdiction, and also commanding them “to cause said appeal to be reinstated upon the records of said Court and to proceed in the premises as by law and by the usages of said Court is required.”
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