People Ex Rel. Shriver v. Frazier

The State’s Attorney of Adams County, on the relation of Russell P. Shriver, filed a complaint in quo warranto in the circuit court of that county against the defendants, charging them with unlawfully holding the purported office of members of the board of education of purported Community High School District No. 80 of Adams and Hancock counties. The complaint challenged the legal existence of the district and called upon the defendants to show by what warrant and authority they purported to hold office as a board of education. The defendants filed their answer, setting out in detail the…