People ex rel. Bussey v. Gaulter

This is a petition for mandamus filed by the relator, William H. Bussey against the respondent, Frank J. Gaulter, clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, to compel the latter to issue a summons in a suit brought by the relator against tjie Chicago and North Western Railway Company. The petition alleges, that relator tendered to the respondent the sum of six dollars ($6.00), alleged to be the amount of his legal fees, and demanded of him that he issue said summons, but that he refused to do so. The answer avers, that respondent was elected to the office of clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook…