People Ex Rel. Montgomery v. Lierman

Mr. Justicl Hlrshly

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Champaign County denying appellants’ petition for a writ of mandamus directed to the county judge of that county, commanding him to call an election in the cities of Champaign and Urbana to vote on the proposition of merging those two cities. The validity of article 6 of the Revised Cities and Villages Act relating to the union of contiguous municipalities (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1951, chap. 24, par. 6-1 et seq.) being in issue, the appeal is taken directly to this court.

On December 27,…