Legal Opinion
State v. Glenn
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided February 21, 1939No. 146PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Speakman, J.,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
*586This is a motion by the defendant to discharge the rule to show cause why leave should not be granted to file the information because as he contends this Court has no jurisdiction in that the secretary of the Department of Elections for the City of Wilmington is not a public officer.
This contention is denied by the relator.
“There is no doubt that the remedy by information may not be invoked for the redress of mere private grievances (Spelling’s Ex. Rem., §§ 1830, 1831), and can only be invoked when wrong has been done to the public. Hence it…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1911
- State ex rel. Biggs v. CorleySupreme Court of Delaware · 1934
- Betts v. DimonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1819
- Lamagdelaine v. TremblayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. HordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
- Larson v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
- State Ex Rel. Wier v. PetersonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1976
- Raduszewski v. Superior Court of the State of Delaware Ex Rel. New Castle CountySupreme Court of Delaware · 1967
- State v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1986
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