Jameson v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
The judgment in this case was rendered by Wilkeson, Judge, at June term, 1855, of the Rock Island Circuit Court. The statement of the case will be found in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSkinner, J.
This was a quo warranto in the name and on behalf of The People of the State of Illinois, on relation of Booth Nettleton against Jameson and others.
The information alleges that defendants below, as president and trustees of the town of Oquawka, are exercising the powers and franchises of a corporation without authority, and seeks to raise the question of the existence of such corporation.
The defendants below interposed several pleas, the first of which alleges subtantially: in manner provided by the first division of chapter twenty-five of the Revised Statutes; the creation of the corporation…
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