People ex rel. Drennan v. Williams

Mr. Chiee Justice Cartwright

delivered the opinion of the court:

The relators presented to the circuit court of Sangamon county their verified petition for leave to file an information against the appellants, who it was alleged were unlawfully holding and exercising the office of members of the board of education of Community High School District No. 197, charging that the district was not legally organized nor the appellants elected as a board of education because neither the election for the creation of a district nor the election for a board of education, was held in conformity with the…