People ex rel. Samuel v. Cooper
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mason county; the Hon. George W. Herdman, Judge,' presiding. This was an information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed on the 5th day of April, 1889, in the Circuit Court of Mason county, on the relation of James M. Samuel, Sr., charging Mark Cooper, Andreas Furrer and William H. Buchanan with having unlawfully usurped and intruded into, and with unlawfully holding and executing the office and franchise of commissioners of the Central…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mason county; the Hon. George W. Herdman, Judge,' presiding. This was an information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed on the 5th day of April, 1889, in the Circuit Court of Mason county, on the relation of James M. Samuel, Sr., charging Mark Cooper, Andreas Furrer and William H. Buchanan with having unlawfully usurped and intruded into, and with unlawfully holding and executing the office and franchise of commissioners of the Central Special Drainage District in the county of Mason. The information contains six counts. The first count alleges, in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
There can be no doubt that the appeal in this case is properly taken directly to this court from the trial court. The proceeding is by information"in the nature of a quo wanranto, brought against the defendants to test their right to hold and exercise the office and franchise of commissioners of Central Special Drainage District, in Mason county, and the defendants, by their pleas, have alleged in detail the facts necessary to invest them with the title to said office and franchise. The facts thus alleged consist of the various proceedings whiclrare claimed to have resulted in the legal…
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