State ex rel. Woodford v. North
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information in the nature of a quo warranto, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The information was as follows:— William Hamersley, Attorney for the State of Connecticut, within and for the county of Hartford, who in this behalf prosecutes in liis own proper person, comes here before the Hon. Superior Court of said state, now sitting at Hartford, within and for said county, and in behalf of the State of Connecticut, at the relation of Harvey Woodford, 2d, of…
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Information in the nature of a quo warranto, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The information was as follows:— William Hamersley, Attorney for the State of Connecticut, within and for the county of Hartford, who in this behalf prosecutes in liis own proper person, comes here before the Hon. Superior Court of said state, now sitting at Hartford, within and for said county, and in behalf of the State of Connecticut, at the relation of Harvey Woodford, 2d, of the town of Avon, in said county, gives this court to understand and be informed, that heretofore, to wit, on the 21st…
1Opinion of the CourtPhelps, J.
This is an information in the nature of a quo warranto, charging , the defendants with usurping the-office of school district committee within a certain area described in the information. The school district described in the information and of the school committee of which the relator is a member, embraces what was formerly two school districts of the town of Avon, known as the second and fifth districts, and by certain proceedings authorized by statute those two districts were consolidated into one now called the second district. The inhabitants off the old second district were dissatisfied…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. MaynardMichigan Supreme Court · 1867
- People ex rel. Farrington v. WhitcombIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- People ex rel. Garmo v. BartlettNew York Supreme Court · 1831
- Commonwealth v. DearbornMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1818
3Cited by5 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Brush v. Sixth Taxing DistrictSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- State Ex Rel. Stage v. MacKieSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
- State ex inf. Barker v. DuncanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1915
- Burkett v. UlmerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1940
- State Ex Rel. Perry v. RaackeConnecticut Superior Court · 1953