| Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Horace Binney - 1813 - 678 Seiten
...in the case of the Commonwealth v. Smith, 4 Binn. 117, in which we refused to grant a rule to shew cause why an information in the nature of a quo warranto, should not be filed against the defendant. The rule was refused, because the Court had no power to try an issue... | |
| South Carolina. Constitutional Court of Appeals - 1823 - 500 Seiten
...commission. The relator then applied to the court for a rule against the defendant, requiring him to shew cause why an information in the nature of a quo warranto should not issue against him, to shew by what authority he claimed to exercise the office of sheriff, and also... | |
| British dominions - 1826 - 410 Seiten
...was made for a rule upon Dr. Askew, the president, and the four then censors of the College, to shew cause why an information, in the nature of a quo warranto, should not be granted against them, to shew by what authority they acted as censors of the College of Physicians.... | |
| Samuel Hazard - 1828 - 470 Seiten
...EASTERN DISTBICT — March Term, 1828. The Commonwealth on the relation of Saehe vs. Mm Binns. This was a rule to show cause why an information in the nature of a quo warranto should not be filed againsl John Binns, Esq. for acting as Alderman of the city of Philadelphia, on the ground... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - 1829 - 658 Seiten
...at the relation of one Payne, a burgess of the borough of Wells, calling upon the defendant to shew cause why an information in the nature of a quo warranto should not be filed against him, for usurping the office of a master of that borough. Two points were made on... | |
| John Rumsey - 1830 - 268 Seiten
...motion was made in the Court of King's Bench, upon the affidavit of a burgess and an inhabitant, for a rule to show cause why an information, in the nature of a quo warranto, should not be filed against Thomas Westwood, the defendant in the following case, to show by what authority he... | |
| G. R. Clarke (of Ipswich, Eng.) - 1830 - 562 Seiten
...Middleton, bart., and Stephen Abbott Notcutt, gent. This was a rule calling on the defendants to shew cause why an information, in the nature of a quo warranto, should not be exhibited against them, for illegally assuming to be portmen of Ipswich. The rule was made absolute,... | |
| 1830 - 1076 Seiten
...warranto that security should be given for costs, This was a rule, calling on the defendant to shew cause why an information in the nature of a quo warranto should not be filed against him to shew by what authority he exercised the franchise of a freeman of the city... | |
| Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, William Rawle - 1831 - 488 Seiten
...aside an election as to those persons who had a clear majority after deducting illegal votes. THIS was a rule to show cause why an information in the nature of a writ Quo Warranto, should not be filed against the defendants, James M'Closkey, John Paisley, and David... | |
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