People v. Condon
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for an Injunction, to restrain gambling, pool selling, etc. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Philip Stein, Judge presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ball
The law provides a remedy for the redress of every wrong and for the vindication of every right. But the party complaining must select the appropriate remedy. If he fail to do so, the law can not help him, for otherwise the law would cease to be a rule of action, and thus cease to be law. If the right to be vindicated or the wrong to be redressed be a private one, the aggrieved party must bring the action in his own name. If it be public, the action must be commenced in the name of the proper public officer. (Patterson v. The State, 37 S. W. Rep. (Tex.) 478.) It follows that a public officer…
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