Sampson v. Commissioners of Highways
Appellate Court of Illinois
Petition for common-law writ of certiorari. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Knox County; the Hon. John A. Gray, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dibell
Josiah Sampson and four others filed a petition in the court below against the commissioners of highways of the town of Chestnut, in Knox county, and against the town clerk of said toxvn, and against John E. Davis and L. H. Cramer, justices of the peace of Knox county, praying for a common-law writ of certiorari commanding defendants to certify to the court the records pertaining to the laying out of a certain highway, and that upon an inspection thereof by the court an order be entered quashing said proceedings and adjudging that they are null and void. Petitioners afterwards dismissed as to…
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