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PEOPLE EX REL. CHRISTIANSEN v. CONNELL

No. 33015.

2 Ill.2d 332 (1954)

118 N.E.2d 262

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Borghild Christiansen, Appellant, v. FRANCIS X. CONNELL, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 17, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BENJAMIN B. DAVIS, WILLIAM C. BOYDEN, and ROTHSCHILD, STEVENS & BARRY, all of Chicago, (JOHN PAUL STEVENS, JOSEPH W. BAER, and JOHN S. JONES, of counsel,) for appellant.

JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (GORDON B. NASH, and JORDAN JAY HILLMAN, of counsel,) for appellee.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (GRENVILLE BEARDSLEY, JOHN L. DAVIDSON, and WILLIAM C. WINES, of counsel,) for amicus curiae.

WERNER W. SCHROEDER, pro se, and ALBERT E. JENNER, JR., pro se, both of Chicago, (WESLEY G. HALL, of counsel,) amici curiae.

Reversed and remanded.

Per CURIAM:

The People of the State on the relation of Borghild Christiansen, a citizen and resident of Cook County, filed a petition for mandamus in the circuit court of that county seeking to compel the respondent, Francis X. Connell, clerk of the circuit court of Cook County, to do every act necessary to accept and file a certain complaint for divorce which had been tendered for filing by the petitioner, together with the requisite...

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