People ex rel. Weber v. City of Spring Valley
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the Hon. Charles Blanchard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
This was an information in the nature of a quo warpanto, filed, by leave, in the Circuit Court of Bureau County, on April 23, 1886, against the City of Spring Valley, and Charles J. Devlin as Mayor of said city. The information charged, that the city of Spring Valley was then using, and for three months past, had used, without any warrant, charter or grant, the following liberties, privileges and franchises, to-wit: that of exercising the municipal powers of every kind and nature conferred by “An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages,” over certain specified territory in…
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