People ex rel. Frank v. Streuber

Relators filed a petition for mandamus to compel the State’s Attorney of Madison county to sign and file a petition for quo warranto against Frank L. Nash et al., to test their right to hold city offices in the City of Edwardsville. The petition was filed at the May term, 1921, of the circuit court. On July 2, 3921, a demurrer was interposed but the same was not argued until December 22, 1921. On December 30, 1923, the court sustained the demurrer and dismissed the petition. The case was brought to the March term, 1922, of this court by writ of error, but defendant was not brought into court…