Matthews v. People ex rel. Streeter

This was an information in the nature of a quo warranto, brought in the circuit court of Mercer county, against Peter Matthews, to test his right to keep a dram-shop in the village of Windsor, in Mercer county, under a license issued by the corporate authorities of the village on the 17th day of May, 1893. The information contained three counts, which are substantially alike. The second, which perhaps contains a fuller statement than the others, is as follows: “That relator is resident and tax-payer in village of Windsor, Mercer county, Illinois ; that on May 17, 1893, the corporate…