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PEOPLE EX REL. CARRUTHERS v. COOPER

No. 31308.

404 Ill. 395 (1949)

89 N.E.2d 40

THE PEOPLE ex rel. William H. Carruthers et al., Petitioners, v. BENJAMIN O. COOPER, Auditor of Public Accounts, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 22, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANK E. TROBAUGH, (STEPHEN E. BRONDOS, of counsel,) both of West Frankfort, for petitioners.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES, ROBERT J. BURDETT, RAYMOND S. SARNOW, and JAMES C. MURRAY, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for respondent.

Writ awarded.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAMPTON delivered the opinion of the court:

The relators, certain taxpayers and boards of education, have filed in this court an original petition for mandamus against the Auditor of Public Accounts, praying that he be directed to apportion and distribute common school funds, available for the benefit of the several school districts of the State, in such a manner that both the "general...

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