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  "name": "Francis Lavalle v. The People ex rel.",
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      "Francis Lavalle v. The People ex rel."
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        "text": "Per Curiam.\nThis is an information in the nature of a quo warranto, prosecuted against Lavalle, the appellant. The office of supervisor of the inhabitants of the village of Cahokia was provided for by an act entitled \u201c An act to authorize the inhabitants of Cahokia to raise a levee on the creek bank opposite the town of Cahokia.\u201d Approved Jan\u2019y 24, 1827, P. L. 1827, p. 17.\nThe first section of the act provided for the election of the supervisor, and fixed his term of office and duties. The third section was as follows: \u201c Said supervisor is likewise appointed supervisor of the common which is attached to said village of Cahokia, and is hereby enabled to sue and be sued in relation to said common.\u201d\nThe act of Feb\u2019y 16, 1857, P. L. 1857, p. 1079, is declared to be a public' act, and it expressly recognizes and amends the act of 1827. Its effect is to make the prior act of 1827 a public act, to the extent that courts are charged with judicial knowl - edge of its provisions. 9 Bacon Abr. Stat. F.; Smith\u2019s Com., \u00a7 810; Case of James M. Rogers, 2 Green R. 301.\nThe courts will take notice of the existence and duties of this officer.\nThe information was good on motion in arrest of judgment, and the judgment is affirmed.\nAffirmed.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Mr. R. A. Halbert and Mr. M. Millard, for appellant, cited People v. Ridgely, 21 Ill. 68; Donnelly v. The People, 11 Ill. 552.",
      "Mr. James M. Dill, for appellee, cited Hebert v. Lavalle, 27 Ill. 448."
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    "head_matter": "Francis Lavalle v. The People ex rel.\nQuo warranto \u2014 JUDICIAL notice. \u2014 Where an act of the legislature, which is declared to be a public act, expressly recognizes and amends a prior private law, courts are charged with knowledge of the provisions of the latter, and will take judicial notice of \u2019the existence and duties of an office provided in the latter.\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding.\nOpinion filed April 2, 1880.\nMr. R. A. Halbert and Mr. M. Millard, for appellant, cited People v. Ridgely, 21 Ill. 68; Donnelly v. The People, 11 Ill. 552.\nMr. James M. Dill, for appellee, cited Hebert v. Lavalle, 27 Ill. 448."
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