People ex rel. Black v. Armstrong

This was an information in the nature of quo zvarranto filed in the circuit court of Coles county, requiring the president and members of the board of education of supposed Township High School District No. 151 of Douglas and Coles counties to show by what warrant they claimed to hold and execute such offices. The information consisted of five counts. The first two and the last two counts were made up of general charges of usurpation of the offices of president and members. The third count charged illegality of the district because it superimposed on other districts. The trial court sustained…