Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Corrigan v. Patterson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 19, 1922No. 15002PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chiee Justice Thompson

delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellants filed their petition in the circuit court of Livingston county asking leave to file an information in the nature of a quo warranto to test the legality of the organization of Community High School District No. 70, in said county. It appeared from the affidavit in support of the petition that an election was held at the village hall in Cornell on April 18, 1921, for the purpose of voting for or against the proposition of establishing the district; that a majority of the votes were cast in favor of the proposition; that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Russell v. GrahamIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
  2. People ex rel. Reinhart v. HerrinIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
  3. People ex rel. Carruthers v. SwiftIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
  4. People ex rel. Patterson v. FiferIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Fisher v. FayIllinois Supreme Court · 1919

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Sandbach v. WeberIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
  2. People ex rel. Duckwitz v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
  3. People ex rel. Pepoon v. FarranIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
  4. People ex rel. Weber v. BursonIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
  5. Board of Education of Jasper County v. Reginional Board of School TrustesAppellate Court of Illinois · 2026

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