Bowen v. Russell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Kane county; the Hon. S. N. • Hoover, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Appellant filed a petition in the county court of Kane county to contest the election of John S. Russell, William F. Hunter, Charles L. Kohn and John O’Connell, • appellees herein, to the office of commissioners for the city of Elgin, in said county, at the general municipal election held April 20, 1915, said city being under the commission form of municipal government. The county court held that it was without jurisdiction to hear said contest and entered a decree dismissing the petition. From that decree this appeal has been prayed.
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