Legal Opinion

People v. Hoyne

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 9, 1913No. Gen. No. 17,736PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Chabees M. Waekeb, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1911.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fitch

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a petition against the State’s Attorney, seeking to compel him, by mandamus, to sign a petition for leave to file an information in the nature of a quo warranto alleging, in substance, that certain persons therein named were unlawfully elected and acting as trustees for the American Medical Association, an Illinois corporation, not for profit. A general demurrer to the petition for mandamus was sustained by the Circuit Court, whereupon the relator elected to stand by his petition and appealed.

Three questions are raised in the brief of appellant’s…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Bank of Augusta v. EarleSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
  2. Shaw v. Quincy Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Harding v. American Glucose Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1899
  4. People ex rel. Raster v. HealyIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Reichwald v. Commercial Hotel Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1883

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Hoyne v. GrantAppellate Court of Illinois · 1917
  2. People ex rel. Hoyne v. GrantAppellate Court of Illinois · 1917

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