People ex rel. Vandeventer v. Rose
Illinois Supreme Court
Original petition for mandamus. This is a petition for a writ of mandamus, filed in this court in the name of the People, on the relation of William L. Vandeventer, against James A. Rose, Secretary of State of the State of Illinois.
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Original petition for mandamus. This is a petition for a writ of mandamus, filed in this court in the name of the People, on the relation of William L. Vandeventer, against James A. Rose, Secretary of State of the State of Illinois. The petition avers that the relator is upwards of thirty years of age, is a duly licensed attorney at law, a resident of the Fourth Supreme Court District of this State and a citizen of the United States; that at a delegate convention representing the democratic party of said district, held, pursuant to call, on April 17, 1903, for the purpose of nominating a…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hand
This action was commenced with a view to test the constitutionality of the act passed by the last General Assembly, set out in full in the statement preceding this opinion, changingthe boundaries of the Fourth Supreme Court District by detaching the counties of Pike and Scott therefrom and attaching them to the second district, and by detaching Rock Island county from the sixth district and Mercer, Warren and Henderson counties from the fifth district and attaching them to the fourth district. In considering the question here raised it should not be forgotten that, in general, the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wilson v. Board of TrusteesIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- People ex rel. Woodyatt v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- City of Chicago v. StrattonIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Chicago, Danville & Vincennes R. R. v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
- People ex rel. Bussey v. GaulterIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
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3Cited by6 opinions
- People ex rel. Bruce v. DunneIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
- City of Chicago v. ReevesIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Achenbach v. KincaidIdaho Supreme Court · 1914
- In re KesslerIdaho Supreme Court · 1915
- People ex rel. Lewman v. MoyerIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
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