Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Staats-Zeitung Co. v. Common Council

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1870PublishedCited by 10 opinions

This is an application of “ The Illinois Staats-Zeitung Company,” for a writ of mandamus, to compel the common council of the city of Chicago to designate the German newspaper printed and published by the said company in the city of Chicago, and known as “ The Illinois Staats-Zeitung,” to publish the proceedings, notices and ordinances of said city and the departments thereof, as fully as they are required to be published in the corporation newspaper.

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This is an application of “ The Illinois Staats-Zeitung Company,” for a writ of mandamus, to compel the common council of the city of Chicago to designate the German newspaper printed and published by the said company in the city of Chicago, and known as “ The Illinois Staats-Zeitung,” to publish the proceedings, notices and ordinances of said city and the departments thereof, as fully as they are required to be published in the corporation newspaper. The alleged right sought to be enforced, arises under a law requiring the matters mentioned to be published in the newspaper printed in the…

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

This is an application in the name of the people, on the relation of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung Company, for an alternative writ of mandamus, to compel the common council of the city of Chicago to designate the German newspaper printed and published by the said company in the city of Chicago, and known as the “ Illinois Staats-Zeitung,” to publish the proceedings, notices and ordinances of said city and the departments thereof, as they are required to be published in the corporation newspaper.

The relators assert the right to have the newspaper published by them, designated for…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Springfield & Northeastern Traction Co. v. WarrickIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Coons v. CoonsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
  3. Woolfolk v. GravesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1911
  4. City of Rock Island v. Central Union Telephone Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1907
  5. State ex rel. Watkins v. Donnell Manufacturing Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1908

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