Franklin v. Westfall
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of McDonough county; the Hon. George W. Thompson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan
Appellant, Dean Franklin, filed in the circuit court of McDonough county, against appellee, Josie Westfall, and Albert B. Fuhr, a petition to contest the election of said Josie Westfall as judge of the city court of Macomb at an election held in said city June i, 1914. Fuhr was defaulted and appellee answered the petition. A trial was had upon the issues made by the petition and the answer. The circuit court entered its decree holding that the appellee had been duly elected as judge of said city and dismissed the petition. This appeal was thereafter prosecuted.
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