Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Tilden v. Massieon

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided February 10, 1917No. Gen. No. 6,356PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Edgar Eldbedge, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carnes

This is an appeal by the respondents in a mandamus proceeding. A petition in the name of the People on the relation of Nancy S. Tilden was filed in the Circuit Court of La Salle county, March 31,1914, to compel the mayor and city council of Peru to approve a plat of an addition to said city. In December, 1914, the trial court sustained a general demurrer to the petition and entered final judgment against the petitioner, from which judgment an appeal was prosecuted to this court where the judgment was reversed and the cause remanded, and opinion filed May 24, 1916 (200 Ill. App. 86). We there…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Merlo v. Johnston City & Big Muddy Coal & Mining Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Smith v. HumphreyMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
  3. Chiniquy v. People ex rel. SwigertIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  4. Rittenhouse & Embree Co. v. F. E. Brown & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Illinois Central Railroad v. Chicago & Great Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1910

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Trumbull County Board of Education v. State Ex Rel. Van WyeOhio Supreme Court · 1930
  2. In Re Application of County TreasurerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
  3. State Ex Rel. Apple v. PenceOhio Supreme Court · 1941

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