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PEOPLE EX REL. BARRETT v. BD. OF COMMRS.

No. 56816.

11 Ill. App.3d 666 (1973)

297 N.E.2d 307

THE PEOPLE ex rel. EDWARD J. BARRETT, Petitioner-Appellee, v. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF COOK COUNTY et al., Respondents-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

April 18, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Vincent Bentivenga, Jr., and Henry A. Hauser, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for appellants.

Kirkland & Ellis, of Chicago, (Don H. Reuben, Lawrence Gunnels, and James C. Munson, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DIERINGER delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 8, 1971, Edward J. Barrett, County Clerk of Cook County, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Cook County for a writ of mandamus alleging his salary as County Clerk had been reduced by the County Board during his term of office, in violation of Article X, section 10, of the Illinois Constitution of 1870. He petitioned the court to direct the Board of Commissioners...

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