People ex rel. Hall v. Pearson

The State’s attorney of Winnebago county, on the relation of Frank H. Hall, by leave of court filed an information in the nature of quo warranto against Lawrence E. Pearson, charging him with the usurpation of the office of assessor of the town of Rockford and calling upon him to show by what warrant he claimed to hold and execute that office. The respondent filed a plea of justification, setting forth his election to the office of assessor on April 4, 1922, his qualification by filing the bond required by law, and his entrance upon the duties of his office on January 1, 1923. The plea also…