People ex rel. Nourie v. Peltier

Mr. Chiee Justice Cartwright

delivered the opinion pf the court:

The State’s attorney of Iroquois county presented to the circuit court of that county his petition for leave to file an information in the nature of quo warranto requiring the appellees to answer to the court by what authority they' claimed to hold and exercise the franchise of a high school district as president and board of education. The court denied the prayer of the petition and dismissed it.

The facts from which leave was asked were set forth in an affidavit of Harvey J. Nourie, which stated that he and the other relators…