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PEOPLE EX REL. ABBEY & HALL v. McDONOUGH

No. 36796.

24 Ill.2d 503 (1962)

182 N.E.2d 161

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Abbey & Hall, Appellant, v. JOSEPH J. McDONOUGH, Clerk of the Municipal Court of Chicago, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 23, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

VAN EMDEN, BUSCH and VAN EMDEN, of Chicago, (GEORGE E. VAN EMDEN, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM E. GAINER, of Chicago, for appellee.

GEORGE A. HANSEN, WILLIAM B. DAVENPORT, and PHILIP J. MURPHY, all of Chicago, amici curiae, for The Chicago Bar Association.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a mandamus action brought in the superior court of Cook County to compel respondent, as clerk of the municipal court of Chicago, to issue a summons in a wage deduction proceeding based on relator's unconfirmed judgment by confession entered prior to July 1, 1961. The superior court denied the relief sought, entered judgment for the respondent, and dismissed the...

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