Clark v. People ex rel. Crane

This was an information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed on the relation of Crane against Clark, at the March term, 1851, of the Pike circuit court. The information alleged in substance, that at the December term, 1849, of the Pike county court, the relator was appointed treasurer of the county, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of the incumbent; that he thereupon gave the requisite bond, took the prescribed oath, and entered upon the duties of the office; that he continued to discharge the duties until the 12th of September, 1850, when the defendant intruded into and usurped…