PEOPLE EX REL. MYERS v. LEWIS

No. 38830.

32 Ill.2d 506 (1965)

207 N.E.2d 468

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Martin H. Myers, Appellee, v. JOHN W. LEWIS, JR., Speaker of the House, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (RICHARD A. MICHAEL, JOHN J. O'TOOLE, and A. ZOLA GROVES, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for appellants.

GIFFIN, WINNING, LINDNER & NEWKIRK, of Springfield, (JAMES M. WINNING, of counsel,) for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this case is whether or not House Bill 1575 was passed by both houses of the 73rd General Assembly in accordance with the constitution of Illinois. The petition for mandamus filed on the relation of Martin Myers alleges that it was so passed, and that the defendants, who are the presiding officers of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the 73rd General...

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