People ex rel. Mayes v. Wanek

This was a petition for a writ of mandamus filed in the name of the People, upon the relation of Thomas E. Mayes, in the superior court of Cook county, on the 27th day of March, 1909, against the town clerk of the town of Calumet and the board of election commissioners of the city of Chicago, to coerce said town clerk and board of election commissioners to place upon the ballots of the then next ensuing election, to take place on April 6, 1909, in said town, the proposition, “Shall this town become anti-saloon territory?” A demurrer was interposed to the petition by respondents and sustained…