People Ex Rel. White v. Underwood

This is a direct appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Christian County dismissing a quo warranto proceeding which challenged the legality of the creation and organization of Drainage District No. 1 of the town of Johnson, Christian County, as a district by user, under section 76 of the Farm Drainage Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, chap. 42, par. 161,) and the authority of the individual defendants herein to hold the offices of commissioner and clerk of said district. A franchise being involved, the appeal is properly taken direct to this court.

On October 20, 1950, Perley B. Oiler, D. W.…