PEOPLE EX REL. A.T. AND S.F. RY. CO. v. CLARK

No. 34477.

12 Ill.2d 515 (1957)

147 N.E.2d 89

THE PEOPLE ex rel. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, Petitioner, v. EZRA J. CLARK, Circuit Judge, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 23, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FLOYD E. THOMPSON, CHARLES J. O'LAUGHLIN, and THOMAS P. SULLIVAN, all of Chicago, for petitioner.

BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (L. LOUIS KARTON, and FRANCIS X. RILEY, of counsel,) for responent Ezra J. Clark; and WILLIAM H. DEPARCQ and ROBERT J. MARTINEAU, both of Chicago, for respondent Joe Moore.


Writ denied.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an original petition for a writ of mandamus sought by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, petitioner, to compel respondent, the Honorable Ezra J. Clark, to dismiss on the ground of forum non conveniens the cause pending in the circuit court of Cook County entitled Joe Moore, Administrator of the Estate of Vernon F. Adair, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. The...

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