Jennings v. Joyce

Citations

• 116 Ill. 179
• 5 N.E. 534

Syllabus

<p>1. Contested election—jurisdiction. The circuit court, as a court of chancery, has no jurisdiction of a proceeding to contest the election of one to the office of mayor of a city.</p> <p>2. Same —former decisions. The decisions of this court in the case of Dale v. Irwin, 78 Ill. 175, and that of Talkinglon v. Twrner, 71 id. 234, therein referred to, only gave a construction to sections 113, 114, 115,116 and 119, of chapter 46, of the Revised Statutes. What was said in the first case refers solely to the practice in the proceeding to contest an election, as being similar to that in chancery, and has no bearing upon the question of the jurisdiction of a court of chancery in such cases.</p>