Foley v. Tyler
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. O. N. Carter, Judge, presiding. At the annual election of officers of the village of Evergreen Park, Cook county, Illinois, on the 16th day of April, 1895, two tickets were voted, one headed “Republican” and the other “Citizens.” On the first, C. J. Tyler was the candidate for president of the village board, Samuel Overton, F. D. Webb and-Neis Parsons candidates for trustees, and B. L. Mead candidate for village clerk.
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Appeal from the County Court of Cook county; the Hon. O. N. Carter, Judge, presiding. At the annual election of officers of the village of Evergreen Park, Cook county, Illinois, on the 16th day of April, 1895, two tickets were voted, one headed “Republican” and the other “Citizens.” On the first, C. J. Tyler was the candidate for president of the village board, Samuel Overton, F. D. Webb and-Neis Parsons candidates for trustees, and B. L. Mead candidate for village clerk. On the other, J. M. Foley for president, Herman Kuschel, Andrew Olin and Edward F. Lowell for trustees, and Fremont W.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
It is first objected that incompetent testimony was admitted and competent testimony excluded upon the hearing of the case. We find no material error in the rulings of the court below upon either of these questions. If it' were otherwise, and all that is insisted upon under these assignments of error sustained, the substantial merits of the case would not be affected or the result changed.
The only other ground of reversal urged is, that the finding of the court below is against the weight of the evidence, and the claim made under it is, that the answer, denying that illegal votes were cast…
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