People Ex Rel. Kinahan v. Blair

The State’s attorney of Sangamon county, on the relation of four land owners in Union Drainage District No. 2 of the towns of Illiopolis and Lanesville, in that county, filed his petition in the circuit court of Sangamon county for leave to file an information in the nature of quo warranto attacking the organization of the drainage district. Leave was granted, the information filed, a return day fixed and summons issued and served upon appellees. On the return day appellees appeared and filed a motion, supported by affidavits, to vacate the order granting leave to file the information and to…