People Ex Rel. Travis v. Rogier

The question involved in this appeal is the legality of the organization of certain territory into Township High School District No. 194 of the county of Fayette. Upon an information filed on May 14, 1926, by the State’s attorney of that county, the circuit court entered a judgment of ouster against the defendants, Emil Rogier and four others, who claimed to have been elected a board of education on May 1 and to have the right to exercise the privileges and franchises of a board of education of such school district, and the defendants appealed.

The cause was heard by the court, by agreement,…