People ex rel. Cash v. Wells
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of McHenry county; the Hon. Claire C. Edwards, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
On the petition of the State’s attorney to the circuit court of McHenry county leave was given to file an information in the nature of quo warranto requiring the plaintiffs in error, Frank C., Wells, Elmer Walter and William Desmond, to make answer to the people by what warrant they claimed to hold, use and enjoy the corporate powers, privileges, liberties and franchises of a supposed drainage district known as the Chemung Drainage District of McHenry county, in the State of Illinois, which they were alleged to have usurped. The defendants filed a plea setting forth at length the proceedings…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- People v. WaiteIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Stokes v. Bay Bottoms Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
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