Illinois Supreme Court June 12, 1890 (People ex rel. Longenecker v. Nelson)

lead-opinion

Mr. Justice Bailey

delivered the opinion of the Court:

By the averments of their plea, the truth of which is admitted by the demurrer, the defendants have established their title to the office which the information charges them with having usurped, unless the act under which the Sanitary District of Chicago is organized is so far unconstitutional as to render the organization of said