State ex rel. Spafford v. Kennerly

This is an information under the second section of the quo warranto Act of 1872, which provides that any person claiming title to an office exercised by another shall have the right, upon the refusal of the Attorney-General, to institute proceedings in the name of the State upon such claimant’s relation, or upon the Attorney-General’s refusal to file an information setting forth such person’s name as the person rightfully entitled to the office, to file an information or institute an action in the name ol the State against the person exercising the office, setting up his own claim. The Court…