Moore v. Hoisington
Illinois Supreme Court
"Wext op Error to the Cook Circuit Court. The plaintiff in error exhibited his bill in chancery, in the court below, and set forth therein that an election was held on the 4th day of November, 1862, in pursuance of law, for town officers for the town of South Chicago, Cook county; that said town is divided into nine election precincts, in - each of which the polls were opened, boards of election qualified, and votes received for the different town officers ; that said…
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"Wext op Error to the Cook Circuit Court. The plaintiff in error exhibited his bill in chancery, in the court below, and set forth therein that an election was held on the 4th day of November, 1862, in pursuance of law, for town officers for the town of South Chicago, Cook county; that said town is divided into nine election precincts, in - each of which the polls were opened, boards of election qualified, and votes received for the different town officers ; that said election was conducted according to the usual custom in said county, under the supervision of three judges or inspectors of…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. JustiCR Breese
delivered the opinion of the Oonrt.
The bill in this case, as appears by the record, was filed to correct an alleged mistake in the canvass of certain votes given for town officers at an election held on the fourth day of November, 1862, for the town of South Chicago, in the county of Cook. A general demurrer was filed to the bill, which was sustained, and the bill dismissed. The cause is brought here by writ of error, and the error assigned is, in sustaining the demurrer and dismissing the bill.
All the facts stated in the bill are admitted by the demurrer to be true, and the…
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