Mayhew v. Nelson

Harry A. Mayhew, as a citizen and tax-payer, residing in Sangamon county, filed a bill on September 2, 1931, in the circuit court of that county, against the Governor, the Director of Public Works and Buildings, the chief highway engineer, the Director of Finance, the Auditor of Public Accounts and the State Treasurer, to enjoin certain of the defendants from entering into a contract for the improvement of approximately eight miles of Route No. 157, in Madison county, of the State-wide system of durable hard-surfaced roads, and the other defendants from issuing vouchers and drawing and paying…