Schultz v. Marcin

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE McGLOON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs appeal from the order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing their complaint to contest a local option election for lack of jurisdiction. Plaintiffs contend that the alleged irregularities in the proposition petitions are sufficient to confer jurisdiction on the trial court to determine the validity of the election, notwithstanding the fact that the statutory period for contesting the validity of the proposition petitions and the statutory period for contesting the validity of the election had both run.

We…