Legal Opinion

Place v. People ex rel. Wilkinson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 24, 1901PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Christian county; the Hon. William M. Farmer, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand

This is an information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed by leave of court in the circuit court of Christian county by the State’s attorney of said county in behalf of the People of the State of Illinois, upon the relation of Renben Wilkinson, charging that the plaintiff in error is holding, executing and usurping, without warrant or authority of law, the office of president of the Crowned King Mining Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, having its principal place of business at Edinburg, in said county. The plaintiff in error filed three pleas, in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Reichwald v. Commercial Hotel Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Clark v. People ex rel. CraneIllinois Supreme Court · 1853
  3. Gunterman v. People ex rel. BechdoldtIllinois Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Mark v. HartquistIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
  2. People ex rel. Hoyne v. GrantIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Bishop v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  4. People ex rel. Shanley v. O'ConnorIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
  5. People v. HoyneAppellate Court of Illinois · 1913

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