People Ex Rel. Dosch v. Wise

Upon leave granted, appellant filed an information in the nature of quo warranto in the circuit court of McHenry county against appellees to require them to show by what warrant or authority they claim to have and exercise powers of village officers in certain territory in that county. Appellees filed a plea of justification and a motion to dismiss the proceedings. The theory of appellant is that the territory was not legally organized as a village because the petition to the county court for submitting that question to the electors did not have the requisite number of signatures. At the…