People ex rel. Patterson v. Woodruff

On December 18, 1916, the State’s attorney of Moultrie county, on the relation of sixty-seven persons, petitioned the circuit court of the said county for leave to file an information in the nature of quo warranto against the respondents, who are the president and members of the board of education of Bethany High School District No. 146 of the counties of Moultrie, Macon and Shelby, and also the county superintendent of schools of Moultrie county. It was averred in the petition that the petitioners are residents and land owners within the limits of the said alleged high school district, and…