People ex rel. Commissioners of Highways v. Board of Supervisors
Illinois Supreme Court
This is an original application in this court on a petition for a writ of mandamus, filed by the commissioners of highways of the towns of Ottawa and South Ottawa, against the board of supervisors of La Salle county, to compel the county to contribute one-half of the expense of building a bridge over Fox river.. ...
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
In the act in relation to township organization, approved February 17, 1851, (Laws 1851, p. 35,) it was provided by section 1, article 22: “The commissioners of highways in the several towns in this State shall have the care and superintendence of highways and bridges therein, and it shall he their duty to give directions ” (presumably to overseers of highways) “for the repairing of .the roads and bridges in their respective towns, and to cause the highways, and the bridges which are or may be erected over streams intersecting highways, to be kept in repair. ” The city charter of Ottawa,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Town of Ottawa v. WalkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
- Highway Commissioners of Rutland v. Highway Commissioners of DaytonIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
3Cited by7 opinions
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- People ex rel. Corey v. Comrs. of HighwaysIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
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