People ex rel. Deneen v. Town of Thornton
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding.' In this case the State’s attorney for the county of Cook filed in the superior court of Cook county a petition for leave to file an information in the nature of quo tuarranto upon the relation of Clarence E. Mooar against the town of Thornton in Cook county, alleging that the said town is a public corporation, existing under the laws of Illinois, and had been for more than two…
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Writ op Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding.' In this case the State’s attorney for the county of Cook filed in the superior court of Cook county a petition for leave to file an information in the nature of quo tuarranto upon the relation of Clarence E. Mooar against the town of Thornton in Cook county, alleging that the said town is a public corporation, existing under the laws of Illinois, and had been for more than two years last past exercising powers not conferred by law in the matter of licensing the sale of intoxicating liquors, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
First—The court below refused to allow the information in the nature of quo warranto to be filed upon the motion or petition of the State’s attorney. Under the practice in this State in relation to quo warranto, two courses may be pursued by the court to which application is made for leave to file the information. One course is the submission of a motion or petition, based on affidavit, for leave to file an information in the nature of a quo warranto, and the entry by the court of a rule nisi upon the respondent to show cause why the information should not be filed; in response to which rule,…
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