People Ex Rel. Jacobi v. Nelson

The relators, F. .T. Jacobi and six others, by leave of this court first had and obtained, have filed their original petition in this court, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent, Oscar Nelson, as Auditor of Public Accounts, to issue to the relators a permit to organize a bank in accordance with their request in an application theretofore filed with the respondent by them.

In their petition the relators state that on November 28, 1930, by a written statement under their hands and seals, duly acknowledged before a notary public, they…