Bishop v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the City Court of Mattoon; the Hon. L. C. Henley, Judge, presiding. This is an information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed in the city court of the city of Mattoon by the State’s attorney of Coles county, against the appellants, to contest the legality of Union Drainage District No. 2 of the towns of Mattoon and Lafayette, in said county, organized under an act entitled “An act to amend section 76 of an act entitled ‘An act to provide for drainage for…
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Appeal from the City Court of Mattoon; the Hon. L. C. Henley, Judge, presiding. This is an information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed in the city court of the city of Mattoon by the State’s attorney of Coles county, against the appellants, to contest the legality of Union Drainage District No. 2 of the towns of Mattoon and Lafayette, in said county, organized under an act entitled “An act to amend section 76 of an act entitled ‘An act to provide for drainage for agricultural and sanitary purposes, and to repeal certain acts therein named,’ approved June 26,1885, in force July 1,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
It is first contended by the appellants that the information is not sufficient to support the judgment rendered in this case. The sufficiency of the information was not challeng'ed in the trial court by demurrer or otherwise, and the proceeding, under our practice, being in the nature of a civil remedy and governed by the same rules of pleading as are other civil cases, the information being subject to amendment, we are of the opinion the information was sufficient, especially after verdict. (Hinze v. People, 92 Ill. 406; People v. Boyd, 132 id. 60; Independent Medical College v. People, 182…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hinze v. People ex rel. HalbertIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
- Place v. People ex rel. WilkinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- McGahan v. People ex rel. DeneenIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
3Cited by12 opinions
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- People ex rel. Vick v. KirkhamIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- City of Joliet v. Spring Creek Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
- Commissioners of Sny Island Levee Drainage District v. DewellIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
- People ex rel. Ennis v. DickIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
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