Board of Trade v. People ex rel. Sturges

The relator, having been expelled from the Board of Trade of the city of Chicago, filed a petition in the circuit court of Cook county for a mandamus, to compel that body to restore him to membership. On the hearing a peremptory writ of mandamus was awarded, in accordance with the prayer of the petition, and respondent brings the case directly to this court, on appeal, notwithstanding the law establishing Appellate Courts was in force when final judgment was pronounced in the cause. The relator moves to dismiss the appeal, on the ground this court has no jurisdiction to hear the errors…