PEOPLE EX REL. KNIGHT v. HOLZMAN

Gen. No. 51,141.

98 Ill. App.2d 126 (1968)

240 N.E.2d 390

People of the State of Illinois on the Relation of Arthur Knight, Elmer J. Homolka, Joseph R. Rochwiak, Raymond A. Snella, George (Stack) Stachacz, Ernest H. Blecic, Dolores Boslega and Adam E. Szalkowski, Individually, and as Candidates of the Voters Independent Party of the Village of Lyons, Cook County, Illinois, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sidney T. Holzman, Marie H. Suthers and Francis P. Canary, as Members of and Being and Constituting the Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago and Ex Officio Board of Election Commissioners of the Village of Lyons, Cook County, Illinois, and Being and Constituting the Electoral Board of the Village of Lyons, Cook County, Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

August 14, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter C. Wellman, of Lyons, for appellants.

Stanley T. Kusper, Jr., and William R. Ming, Jr., of Chicago, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE ENGLISH delivered the opinion of the court.

Relators instituted this action on March 15, 1965, for a Writ of Mandamus to compel the Cook County Board of Election Commissioners to place the names of the relators on the ballot as candidates for various Village offices in an election to be held on April 20, 1965, in the Village of Lyons, Cook County, Illinois. Nominating petitions filed by the relators were objected to on the grounds that there were two few...

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