People ex rel. Gauen v. Niebruegge

This was an information in the nature of quo warranto filed by the State’s attorney of Monroe county in the circuit court of said county on March n, 1909, at the request of nine owners of lands, questioning the legality of the organization and existence of Moredock and Ivy Landing Drainage District No. 1 of Monroe county, Illinois, and the right of the defendants in error, Henry Niebruegge, William Feldmeier, Sr., and John Herbst, to hold the office of drainage commissioners of said district. Defendants in error entered their appearance and filed a plea to the information, to which plea…