People ex rel. Higgins v. Freeman
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Richland county; the Hon. J. R. Creighton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
April 10, 1908, the State’s attorney of Richland county filed an information in the nature of quo warranto in the name of the People, upon the relation of George Higgins, against'J. S. Freeman. ■ May 14, 1908, an amended petition was filed, in which it was charged, among other things, that Freeman unlawfully held without warrant or right the office of supervisor in the second ward of the city of Olney, in said county. A general and special demurrer to the information was overruled and judgment entered pro confesso against appellant, and a decree of ouster was entered against him, ordering…
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