People ex rel. Falkenbury v. Miles

By the Court, Douglass, J.

This is an information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed by the Attorney General, on behalf of the people, on relation of Smith Falkenbury, charging Marcus H. Miles, the defendant, with usurping the office of County Clerk of the County of. St. Clair, and requiring him to show his right thereto. In addition to the usxral averments contained in a pleading of this nature at the common law, the information alleges “ that said Smith Falkenbury, by virtue $id warrant of due and regular election, is in law and in right entitled to have, hold, and exercise” ■said…