People ex rel. Cooney v. City of Peoria
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county"; the Hon. T. M. Shaw, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
On September 24, 1895, the State’s attorney of Peoria county, on behalf of the People of the State, filed an information in the nature of quo warranto in the circuit court of Peoria county, against the city of Peoria, alleging that said city, for twenty months and more prior to the filing of said information, had exercised, without any warrant, charter, grant or authority of law whatsoever, the governmental functions and franchises of a legally authorized and constituted city in l-evying and collecting taxes, and also other municipal powers and authority under the statutes of Illinois, in,…
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