People Ex Rel. Lange v. Old Portage Park District

Mr. ChiEE Justice Orr

delivered the opinion of the court:

An information in quo zvarranto by appellants against the Old Portage Park District, appellee, charging unlawful annexation of territory, was dismissed and the writ quashed by the superior court of Cook county. The principal grounds for dismissal were that appellants had been guilty of laches in presenting their complaint and that great public inconvenience and damage would result if the relief sought were granted. Upon the court’s refusal to enter a judgment of ouster this appeal was taken.

In the petition for leave to file the…