Legal Opinion

Haggard v. People ex rel. Reeser

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided November 27, 1906PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Quo warranto proceeding. Error to the Circuit Court of DeWitt county; the Hon. Solon Philbbick, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1906.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baume

This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of DeWitt county, to reverse the judgment of that court in a quo warranto proceeding instituted by defendants in error against plaintiffs in error to oust them from the office of drainage commissioners of the G-oose Creek Special Drainage District of the counties of De Witt and Piatt. The information does not call in question the legal organization or existence of the drainage district.

Plaintiffs in error filed their plea to the information alleged in substance that on August 2, 1905, the County Court of DeWitt county,'by its order duly entered of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. The People Ex Rel. Furman v. . CluteNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
  2. People ex rel. Cummings v. HeadIllinois Supreme Court · 1861
  3. People ex rel. Fuller v. HilliardIllinois Supreme Court · 1862
  4. Barnum v. GilmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
  5. Sublett v. BedwellMississippi Supreme Court · 1872

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Madden v. Board of Election CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
  2. Fields v. NicholsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1926
  3. Edgcomb v. WylieIllinois Supreme Court · 1911

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