Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Lafferty v. Owen

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 20, 1919No. 12332PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Sain Welty, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Duncan

On December 21, 1917, upon leave granted, the People, upon the relation of Charles A. Lafferty and a number of others, filed an information in the nature of quo warranto in the circuit court of McLean county against appellants, Leslie J. Owen and others, requiring them to show by what right they claimed to hold the offices of president and members of the board of education of a certain pretended High School District No. 333, situated in McLean county. To the information appellants filed a plea sufficient to show that the necessary steps had been taken to organize said territory into a high…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Kane v. WeisIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
  2. People ex rel. Fitzgerald v. StittIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  3. People ex rel. Robinson v. New York Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Lafferty v. MooreIllinois Supreme Court · 1916

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Anderson v. HadleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
  2. Fiore v. City of Highland ParkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
  3. Puerto Rico Tobacco Corp. v. BuscagliaSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1944
  4. Territory Ex Rel. Sylva v. MoritaHawaii Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Wilcox v. MinerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925

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