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THE PEOPLE EX REL. DOTY v. CONNELL

No. 33969.

9 Ill.2d 390 (1956)

137 N.E.2d 849

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Mae Doty, Appellant, v. FRANCIS X. CONNELL, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 19, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SOL R. FRIEDMAN, and I.S. FRIEDMAN, both of Chicago, for appellant.

JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (GORDON B. NASH, CHARLES D. SNEWIND, ALBERT E. JENNER, JR., and WESLEY G. HALL, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the constitutionality of a 1955 amendment to the Divorce Act, which provides that actions for divorce "shall be commenced by filing a praecipe for summons" and which prohibits the filing of the complaint and entry of the decree for a period of 60 days from the day the summons is served or the last day of publication of notice...

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