State ex rel. O'Reilly v. Kirkwood

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION

WOLFE, Presiding Judge.

This is an original action in prohibition to prohibit the respondent judge from proceeding to hear a primary election contest without service of a summons on John P. O’Reilly, the relator, whose election is being contested.

The election contest was instituted by Mr. Milton F. Svetanics, Jr. Both Mr. Svetanics and Mr. O’Reilly were candidates in the primary election seeking to be named as nominee on the Democratic ticket for the office of State Representative from the 51st District. Mr. O’Reilly was certified *614by the Board of Election…