Smith v. People ex rel. Detrick
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Lee county; the Hon. William Brown, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an information in the nature of a quo warranto, brought for the purpose of ousting the plaintiff in error, Asa B. Smith, from the office of drainage commissioner of Nelson Drainage District No. 1, in Lee county. The proceedings which led to the organization of the district were had before a justice of the peace, under section 46 of the act of 1879. (Public Laws of 1879, p. 133.) As appears from the information, Asa B. Smith was appointed drainage commissioner on the 8th day of October, 1883, by a justice of the peace. It also appears that after the passage of the act of 1885 the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Owners of Lands v. People ex rel. StookeyIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
3Cited by2 opinions
- Hollenbeck v. DetrickIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Turner v. Hunt Drainage Dist.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1936