People ex rel. McCracken v. Soucy

This was an information in the nature of a quo warranto, by the State’s attorney of the county, on the relation of Nicholas McCracken, charging the defendant with unlawful usurpation of the office of supervisor of the village of Cahokia. A judgment of ouster against the defendant, affirmed by the Appellate Court for the Fourth District, was reversed by this court at a former term. (Soucy v. The People ex rel. 113 Ill. 109.) Upon a re-trial in the circuit court there was again judgment against the defendant, which was reversed by the Appellate Court, and this appeal taken by the plaintiff.

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