State v. Flower

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.

The defendants appeal from the judgment annulling the act for the drainage of the city, and hence denying their corporate capacity claimed under the act. Session Acts 1896, No. 114. The suit is brought by the Attorney General under the provisions of law, which, taking away the writ of quo warranto as the remedy for the unwarranted exercise of public office, substitutes the appropriate procedure by the Attorney General to test the right to exercise corporate functions claimed under any law of the State. Revised Statutes, Secs. 2593, 2596,…