PEOPLE EX REL. CASTLE v. TAYLOR

Nos. 33861, 33862 Cons. No. 33861; No. 33862.

7 Ill.2d 501 (1955)

131 N.E.2d 108

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Latham Castle, Attorney General, Petitioner, v. ORVILLE TAYLOR, Respondent. — THE PEOPLE ex rel. E.R. HUMRICH, Petitioner, v. THE ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY COMMISSION et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 2, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, WERNER W. SCHROEDER, GEORGE W. McGURN, JOHN P. MULVIHILL, and WILLIAM C. WINES, of counsel,) for petitioner in No. 33861; JACOB BLOOM, and GOLBERG, WEIGLE, MALLIN & RIVKIN, of Chicago, (MILTON MALLIN, and MAURICE S. WEIGLE, of counsel,) for petitioner in No. 33862.

JOHN S. MILLER, and CHARLES R. SPROWL, both of Chicago, for respondent in No. 33861; LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WERNER W. SCHROEDER, GEORGE W. McGURN, JOHN P. MULVIHILL, and WILLIAM C. WINES, of counsel,) for respondent in No. 33862.


Nos. 33861, 33862 Cons. No. 33861 writ awarded; No. 33862 writ denied.

Mr. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

By leave of this court, two original petitions for mandamus have been filed which relate to the issuance of bonds to finance construction under the Illinois Toll Highway Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 121, pars. 314a26 to 314a54.) Because they present a single issue, they have been consolidated for argument and decision.

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