People ex rel. Meyer v. Hazelwood
Illinois Supreme Court
This is an original proceeding in this court, on the relation of C. Henry Meyer, who claims to be town collector for the town of Quincy, for a mandamus against Willis Plazelwood, county clerk' of Adams county, commanding him to deliver to the relator the tax books for that town for the year A. D. 1885. Sufficient allegations are in the petition to entitle the relator to the mandamus prayed for, if, under the statute in force and applicable, the office of town collector…
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This is an original proceeding in this court, on the relation of C. Henry Meyer, who claims to be town collector for the town of Quincy, for a mandamus against Willis Plazelwood, county clerk' of Adams county, commanding him to deliver to the relator the tax books for that town for the year A. D. 1885. Sufficient allegations are in the petition to entitle the relator to the mandamus prayed for, if, under the statute in force and applicable, the office of town collector exists independently of the office of city treasurer of the city of Quincy. The respondent sets up an ordinance of the city…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The section of the general Township Organization law, in force March 21,1874, under which the town of Quincy was organized, is the twentieth, and reads thus: “When, in any county under township organization, there is any territory eo-extensive with the limits of a city situated therein,'and Which is not included within any organized town,"such territory shall constitute á town by the name of such city, and all the provisions of this act' shall apply to the town so constituted, the same as if it had been’organized in the manner provided in this act in the case of the organization of new…
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- Montclair v. RamsdellSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Myers v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
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- People ex rel. Davenport v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1850
- Young v. StearnsIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
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