People Ex Rel. Courtney v. Botts

The State’s attorney of Cook county filed in the circuit court an amended complaint in the nature of quo warranto against appellee G. G. Botts, requiring him to show by what authority or right he claimed to hold and execute the office of director of the Riverview Park Company, an Illinois corporation, to the exclusion of Thomas G. Deering, and the office of secretary of said corporation to the exclusion of William F. Merle, Jr., and the office of second vice-president to the exclusion of Henry J. Merle, and against E. E. Mitchell, requiring him to show by what right or authority he claimed to…