People Ex Rel. Morris v. Pettow

Leave having been granted upon'a petition for that purpose, an information in the nature of quo warranto was filed in the circuit court of Peoria county in the name of the People of the State, on the relation of John A. Morris and A. E. Parr, by Henry E. Pratt, the State’s attorney. The information charged that John Pettow had usurped the office of member of the board of education of Community High School District No. 201, in Peoria county, and required him to show by what authority he held that office. The respondent filed a plea of justification to the information, and to that plea a…