People Ex Rel. Bradley v. McAuliffe

Petitioner, Eugene Bradley, by leave of court, filed a petition for mandamus to compel the judge of the village court of Maywood to expunge from the records of that court a certain order purporting to vacate a decree of the circuit court of Williamson County and also to require said judge to dismiss a certain divorce proceeding now pending in the village court of Maywood. Respondent has filed a motion to dismiss the petition for mandamus.

The essential facts, as disclosed by the pleadings, are as follows: Eugene Bradley, the present petitioner, filed a praecipe for divorce in the circuit court…