People ex rel. Darnell v. Woodward
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of DeKalb county; the Hon. Mazzini Slusser, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.. Justice Carter
delivered the ppinion of the court:
This is a petition filed in the circuit court of DeKalb county by the State’s attorney of that county, on the relation of various persons, for leave to file an information in the nature of quo warranto against appellants, alleging that they had usurped and were unlawfully holding and exercising the offices and powers of president and members of a high school board of education. Appellants filed a plea of justification, claiming to be the legally elected officers of a legally organized high school district. After various pleadings were…
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