The PEOPLE v. Suttles

The State’s Attorney of Kankakee County filed a complaint in quo warranto on the relation of 30 voters and taxpayers of Kankakee Valley Airport Authority against the individual commissioners of the Authority. The legality of such Authority and the right of the defendants to act as commissioners are challenged. The appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendants is properly addressed to this court since a franchise is involved.

The Authority was organized under the Airport Authority Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 15JÍ, par. 68.1 et seq.) Section 2.3 of the act (par. 68.2c) provides that…