People ex rel. Gordon v. Darrough
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. M. W. Thompson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an information in the nature of quo warranto, filed in the name of the People of the State of Illinois by John H. Lewman, State’s attorney of Vermilion county, on the relation of George D. Gordon, John A. Peterson and George Keplinger, against Charles B. Darrough, William J. Martin, A. F. VanDoren, J. W. Harkness, C. W. Hall, E. S. Leigh and J. C. Clements, calling upon them to show by what warrant or right they claim to hold and execute the office of president and members of the board of education of an alleged high school district known as East Lynn High School District No. 222,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. HarringtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- People ex rel. Swigert v. Golden RuleIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- County of St. Clair v. People ex rel. KellerIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
- Bowen v. ProutIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
- People v. Union Consolidated Elevated Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1914
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