People ex rel. Raster v. Healy
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. On May 15, 1906, the relator, Edwin O. Raster, filed in the circuit court of Cook county a petition for mandamus against John J. Healy, State’s attorney of that county, praying for a writ commanding him to sign a petition for leave to file an information in the nature of a quo warranto against one Horace R. Brand, charged with having usurped the office of treasurer of the Illinois…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. R. W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. On May 15, 1906, the relator, Edwin O. Raster, filed in the circuit court of Cook county a petition for mandamus against John J. Healy, State’s attorney of that county, praying for a writ commanding him to sign a petition for leave to file an information in the nature of a quo warranto against one Horace R. Brand, charged with having usurped the office of treasurer of the Illinois Publishing Company. The petition for mandamus alleges that on April 2, 1906, relator presented to appellee a petition, with…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This controversy involved the construction of section 1 of chapter 112, Hurd’s Revised Statutes of 1905, which reads: “That in case any person shall usurp, intrude into, or unlawfully hold or execute any office or franchise, or any office in any corporation created by authority of this State, (or any person shall hold or claim to hold or exercise any privilege, exemption or license, which has been improperly or without warrant of law issued or granted by any officer, board, commissioner, court, or other person or persons authorized or empowered by law to grant or issue such privilege,…
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