Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Mains v. Martin

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 18, 1920No. 12986Published

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cass county; the Hon. Guy R. Williams, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chiee Justice Dunn

delivered the opinion of the court:

The circuit court of Cass county overruled a demurrer to the pleas of the respondents to an information in the nature of quo warranto against the members of the board of education of Community High School District No. 212, which questioned the validity of the organization of the district, and dismissed the information. The relators appealed.

The information was based upon the unconstitutionality of the amendment of the School law of June 22, 1917, (Laws of 1917, p. 737,) and one of the pleas was based upon an act “to legalize the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Farrar v. EdwardsIllinois Supreme Court · 1919

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