Pierce v. People ex rel. Field
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Grundy county; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The question to be decided in this case is whether eleven ballots cast at the city election in the first ward of the city of Morris on April 16, 1901, shall be counted for Enos Field for alderman of said ward. The appellant, W. Scott Pierce, had one hundred and ten votes for that office, and if the ballots in question are counted for Enos Field the latter had one hundred and fifteen votes, and had a majority of five. If they are not counted for him he was defeated by a majority of six.
The following is a copy of said ballots as deposited by the voters:
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Parker v. OrrIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
- Sanner v. PattonIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by13 opinions
- Tuthill v. RendelmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
- Rexroth v. ScheinIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Winn v. BlackmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- Boland v. City of LasalleIllinois Supreme Court · 1938
- Kerr v. FlewellingIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
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