Greening v. Barnes

This is a direct appeal from a judgment of ouster and for costs, entered against the respondent, Carey E. Barnes, in the circuit court of Sangamon county in a proceeding on an information in quo zvarranto wherein it was charged that he without lawful, authority usurped the office of justice of the peace in and for the town of Capital, county of Sangamon and State of Illinois.

The facts are as follows: The appellant, Carey E. Barnes, who was the respondent below, was elected one of the five justices of the peace for the town of Capital at the regular quadrennial election of 1929 for the regular…