People ex rel. McMahon v. Davis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Walker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is»a controversy between the old^ and the new Board of Education of Chicago. The action is an information in the nature of a quo warranto. The petition is by the State’s Attorney of Cook county upon the relation of the members of the old board, with the exception of two of the old board who were reappointed upon the new, and as to whose reappointment thereto there is no controversy. The respondents are the nine members of the new board who claim to be such by appointment by the mayor of Chicago and confirmation by the city…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People ex rel. Deneen v. Town of ThorntonIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- People ex rel. Laist v. LowerIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
- Beenan v. People ex rel. KrausIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- First Savings & Trust Co. v. Milwaukee CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
- State v. PhillipsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1887
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3Cited by1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. Village of Long Grove v. Village of Buffalo GroveAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987