Kendrick v. Wendel
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus. Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Edgab Eldbedge, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1910.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Willis
delivered the opinion of the court.
At a city election held in the city of Ottawa, LaSalle county, on April 20, 1909, at which candidates for various city offices were voted for, Thomas B. Kendrick, appellee, and one Fred J. Halloway, were voted for for city treasurer. By mistake the election officers of the sixth ward placed the poll books, tally sheets and returns in the sack with the ballots. When the city council met to canvass the returns of the election, they did not find the returns from the sixth ward. It was considered that the returns from this ward would…
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