People ex rel. Gleeson v. Meech
Illinois Supreme Court
This is a petition for a mandamus, filed in this court by Francis P. Gleeson, against George A. Meech. The relator, a resident of the town of South Chicago, in Cook county, demanded of the respondent, a justice of the peace in the same town, that he issue a summons, directed to any constable of Cook county, pursuant to the act of 1872, and tendered respondent his legal fees for such act, in order that the relator might have the writ served in the town of Hyde Park, in Cook…
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This is a petition for a mandamus, filed in this court by Francis P. Gleeson, against George A. Meech. The relator, a resident of the town of South Chicago, in Cook county, demanded of the respondent, a justice of the peace in the same town, that he issue a summons, directed to any constable of Cook county, pursuant to the act of 1872, and tendered respondent his legal fees for such act, in order that the relator might have the writ served in the town of Hyde Park, in Cook county. This the respondent refused to issue, and refused to issue any writ except to a constable of “Chicago District, ”…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
The petition in this case was filed to test the constitutionality of the first section of “An act to amend certain sections of an act to provide for the election and qualification of justices of the peace, ” etc. (Laws 1881, p. Í03.) That section provides that each county in the State shall- constitute a justice’s district, except Cook county, which is divided into two,—the city of Chicago one, and the territory outside of the city and within the county, another,—and to the limits of such districts the jurisdiction of all justices of the peace is expressly limited. It is claimed that this…
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