People ex rel. Longress v. Board of Education
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. John H. Williams, Judge, presiding. Messrs. John M. & John Mayo Palmer, for the plaintiff in error, contended that under our statute an information would lie in a case like this. Prima facie the rules and regulations complained of are contrary to the policy of the State, are unreasonable, and are inconsistent with the laws.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Adams county; the Hon. John H. Williams, Judge, presiding. Messrs. John M. & John Mayo Palmer, for the plaintiff in error, contended that under our statute an information would lie in a case like this. Prima facie the rules and regulations complained of are contrary to the policy of the State, are unreasonable, and are inconsistent with the laws. That the board of education have no power to make class distinctions on account of race or color, counsel cited Chase v. Stephenson, 71 Ill. 385.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig
This was an information in the nature of a quo warranto,■brought by the Attorney General, on the relation of John . Congress, against the Board of Education of the City of Quincy,- a corporation created by an act of the General Assembly, approved February 20,1861. Private Laws of 1861, page 252. The board of education is entrusted by law with the exclusive management and control of the public schools in the city of Quincy.
It is alleged in the information, that the board of education did, on, to-wit, the 31st day of July, 1878, divide the city of Quincy into eight districts, suitable and…
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