Thomas v. Board of Education
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. S. L. Richmond, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was a petition to enforce a mechanic’s lien, filed in the circuit court of Champaign county, by George Thomas, against the Board of Education of Urbana School District and Ernest F. Gehlman.
The board of education filed a demurrer to the petition, which was sustained, and the petition dismissed.
It is alleged in the petition, that the board was authorized by the charter of the city of Urbana to locate and build school houses; that, under this authority, the board made a written contract, on July 1. 1872, with E. F. Gehlman, for the erection of two school houses on certain premises in the…
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