People ex rel. Howard v. Schnepp
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Christian county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The State’s attorney of Christian county asked leave of the circuit court of that-county to file an information, on the relation of Michael Howard and Thomas E. Butler, against the defendants in error, acting as commissioners of drainage district No. 3 in South Fork township, in said county, challenging the legality of the organization of said district. The leave was granted, and the information having been filed the defendants in error were summoned to answer. The ground of the claim that the district was never legally created is, that it was organized under section 76 of the Drainage act in…
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