State ex rel. Attorney General v. France

This is an original proceeding by quo warranto at the relation of the attorney general, the information alleging that since the 1st day of January, 1878, the *43defendants have been exercising and using, without lawful authority, a lottery franchise, known as the Missouri State Lottery, after said franchise had expired and lapsed in law and fact. Judgment of ouster is prayed.

The defendants, in their answer and return, assert their right to exercise the franchise they are charged with usurping, in virtue of a contract made in 1842, as modified and amended in 1849, by and between the trustees of…