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PEOPLE EX REL. ADAMOWSKI v. KERNER

No. 35744, 35761 Cons.

19 Ill.2d 506 (1960)

167 N.E.2d 555

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Benjamin S. Adamowski, State's Attorney, Appellant, v. OTTO KERNER, Appellee. — THE PEOPLE ex rel. Grenville Beardsley, Attorney General, et al., Petitioners, v. EDWARD J. BARRETT, County Clerk, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRANCIS X. RILEY, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for appellant in No. 35744.

THOMAS M. THOMAS, of Chicago, (THOMAS F. SCULLY, of counsel,) for appellee in No. 35744.

GRENVILLE BEARDSLEY, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (WILLIAM C. WINES, RAYMOND S. SARNOW, Assistant Attorneys General, and FRANCIS X. RILEY, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for petitioners in No. 35761.

THOMAS M. THOMAS, of Chicago, for respondent in No. 35761.

Judgment reversed; writ awarded.

Mr. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the validity of the resignation of the county judge of Cook County and the writ of election issued by the Governor of Illinois setting June 6, 1960, as the date of the special primary election, and November 8, 1960, as the date of the special election of county judge of Cook County to fill the vacancy thus created...

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