People Ex Rel. Fitton v. Ehler

The circuit court of Champaign county entered a judgment ousting the appellants from the exercise of the franchise of a supposed corporation known as Upper Salt Fork Drainage District, in the county of Champaign and State of Illinois, and from the exercise of the powers and duties of directors of such corporation, from which this appeal has been taken.

The appellants filed a plea of justification to the information in the nature of quo warranto filed by the State’s attorney charging usurpation, to which a demurrer was sustained. The district was organized in the county court of Champaign…