Douglas v. People ex rel. Ruddy

This was a petition filed in the circuit court of Kane county in the name of the People, upon the relation of J. J. Ruddy, a resident and tax-payer of the city of Aurora, in said county, against the mayor and aldermen of said city, for a writ of mandamus commanding the mayor to appoint, and the aldermen to confirm the appointment of, the second and third members of a board of examiners of plumbers, in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois entitled “An act to provide for the licensing of plumbers and to supervise and inspect…