People ex rel. Mooney v. Hutchinson

The relator, William Mooney, of Joliet, in Will county, in pursuance of leave of the court granted for that purpose, has filed his petition for a writ of mandamus, directed to the defendant, William F. Hutchinson, county clerk of said Will county, commanding him to receive and file a certificate of nomination of the relator for the office of State Senator from the twenty-fifth Senatorial district. The petition alleges that relator has been duly nominated by a convention held at Joliet, in said county, March 12, 1898, as the candidate of the democratic party for Senator from said Senatorial…