People ex rel. Longenecker v. Nelson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Julius S. Gbinnell, Judge, presiding. This was an information, in the nature of a quo warranto, filed by Joel M-. Longnecker, state’s attorney for Cook county, against Murry Nelson, John A. King, Richard Prendergast, Frank Wenter, William H. Russel, Arnold P. Gilmore, John J. Altpeter and Henry J. Willing, alleging that the defendants have usurped and are now unlawfully holding the office of trustees of the Sanitary…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Julius S. Gbinnell, Judge, presiding. This was an information, in the nature of a quo warranto, filed by Joel M-. Longnecker, state’s attorney for Cook county, against Murry Nelson, John A. King, Richard Prendergast, Frank Wenter, William H. Russel, Arnold P. Gilmore, John J. Altpeter and Henry J. Willing, alleging that the defendants have usurped and are now unlawfully holding the office of trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago. The information alleges that said so-called sanitary district includes within its supposed boundaries a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
By the averments of their plea, the truth of which is admitted by the demurrer, the defendants have established their title to the office which the information charges them with having usurped, unless the act under which the Sanitary District of Chicago is organized is so far unconstitutional as to render the organization of said district and the election of its trustees inoperative and void. This seems to be admitted by ■counsel, since the only questions presented by them for our consideration are those which involve the validity of said act. Counsel for the prosecution insist that the act…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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