People Ex Rel. Turner v. Lewis

This case involves a question of standing under section 2 of “An Act in relation to practice and procedure in cases of quo warranto” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 112, par. 10). Plaintiff made a demand upon the Attorney General to file a complaint in quo warranto against defendant, the appointed State’s Attorney of Clark County. Plaintiff alleged that defendant is not legally entitled to hold the office of State’s Attorney for Clark County because his appointment was in violation of section 25 — 11 of the Election Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 46, par. 25 — 11). The Code provides that when a…