People v. Ridgley
Illinois Supreme Court
At the April term, 1857, of Sangamon. Circuit Court, the people, by the circuit attorney, upon the relation of Gustavus Koerner, George T. Brown and Richard Yates, informed the court that on the first day of November, A. D. 1848, by virtue of the act entitled, An Act for finally closing the affairs of the State Bank of Illinois, approved March 1st, 1847, the Governor duly appointed Nicholas H. Ridgley, Uri Manly and John Calhoun, trustees to take charge of the assets and…
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At the April term, 1857, of Sangamon. Circuit Court, the people, by the circuit attorney, upon the relation of Gustavus Koerner, George T. Brown and Richard Yates, informed the court that on the first day of November, A. D. 1848, by virtue of the act entitled, An Act for finally closing the affairs of the State Bank of Illinois, approved March 1st, 1847, the Governor duly appointed Nicholas H. Ridgley, Uri Manly and John Calhoun, trustees to take charge of the assets and wind up the affairs of said State bank ; that they entered upon the trust and have thenceforward continued to exercise the…
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
An information in the nature of quo warranto, is understood to be a criminal proceeding, ( The People ex relatione Bush v. Neil Dormelly, 11 Ill. R. 552,) and can only be resorted to, in cases in which the public, in theory at least, have some interest. We think an instance cannot be found where it has been allowed against persons for assuming a franchise of a mere private nature, not connected with the public, its interests, or its government. Rex v. Ogden, 21 Eng. C. L. R. 62.
Our statute on this subject, (Scates’ Comp. 224,) provides, section one, “ In case any person or persons shall…
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