People ex rel. County of Franklin v. County of Williamson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Williamson county; the Hon. Benjamin W. Pope, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
court:
The circuit court of Williamson county overruled the demurrer of said county to a petition filed by Franklin county for a writ of mandamus to compel the board of supervisors of Williamson county to appropriate its pro rata share of the cost of constructing a bridge across the Big Muddy river on the boundary line between the two counties, and the defendant having elected to stand by its demurrer, a writ was ordered as prayed for.
The facts alleged in the petition were, that Franklin county, on September 24, 1912, desiring to build a bridge across the Big Muddy river, which was the…
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