People ex rel. Wilcox v. Barber
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Christian county; the Hon. J. C. McBride, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooke
This was a proceeding in the nature of quo warranto, brought in the circuit court of Christian county against the commissioners of Union Drainage District No. i of the towns of Pana and Assumption, in Christian county, to test the legality of the annexation by the commissioners of certain lands to said district. The information was filed by the State’s attorney of Christian county upon the relation of W. O. Wilcox and M. Hutchins, two of the owners of land attempted to be annexed to the district, and attacked the legality of the annexation of the relators’ lands and the lands of more than…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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