State, ex rel. Howe v. Shelbyville & Chapel Turnpike Co.

—This was an information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed on the 24th day of September, 1869, by the appellant against the appellee. The information alleges the filing of articles of association by those composing the company, on the 17th day of October, 1863, in the office of the recorder of Shelby county, and relies upon defects therein .as grounds for this proceeding. The articles of association are as follows:

“Articles of association of The Shelbyville and Chapel Turnpike Company.

“We, the undersigned, citizens of Shelby county, and State of Indiana, do hereby form ourselves into a…