People ex rel. Foote v. Clark
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. Samuel C. Stough, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Carter
delivered the opinion of the court:
This was a petition .for a writ of mandamus filed in the circuit court of LaSalle county to compel the commissioners of highways of the town of Vermilion, in said county, to narrow a road to the width of forty feet. The writ was denied and the petition dismissed. From the order dismissing the petition and refusing the writ this appeal was prosecuted to this court.
In May, 1916, appellants filed their petition with the town clerk of said town to narrow a road one mile in length under the provisions of section 74 of the Road and Bridge…
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