People ex rel. Smith v. Board of Supervisors

Anchor township, in McLean county, Illinois, through its commissioner of highways, petitioned the board of supervisors for county aid, according to statute, to build a new bridge at a point wholly within Anchor township. The board denied the petition, and this suit was brought in the name of the People, on the relation of Will Smith as commissioner of highways of Anchor township, against the board to compel it to grant such county aid. The petition is in the usual form and contains all of the statutory averments necessary to entitle appellant to the writ as prayed. Appellee filed three pleas…