Hord ex rel. Stanley v. Elliott

The principal question presented in the case is raised by the decision of the circuit court in sustaining the motion of the appellees to strike from the complaint, or information, the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh specifications, or grounds, upon which the information was based.

The object of the information was to test the legal corporate existence of the Alquina and Springersville Turnpike Company, an association claiming to be legally organized as a corporation, under the act of 1865, to allow county commissioners to organize turnpike companies, &c. The information…