Board of Supervisors v. People ex rel. Caldwell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—> heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. James F. Hughes, Judge, presiding. This was a petition by the commissioners of highways of Decatur township, against the board of supervisors of Macon county, for a mandamus, to compel said board to appropriate one-half of the cost necessary to the repair of a bridge, and to construct approaches thereto.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—> heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. James F. Hughes, Judge, presiding. This was a petition by the commissioners of highways of Decatur township, against the board of supervisors of Macon county, for a mandamus, to compel said board to appropriate one-half of the cost necessary to the repair of a bridge, and to construct approaches thereto. It was filed October 7, 1885-The petition alleged, in substance, that the relators were commissioners of highways of Decatur township, and that they…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mulkey
This is an appeal by the board of supervisors' of Macon county, from a judgment of the Appellate Court for the Third District, affirming a judgment of the circuit court of said county, awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel said board to provide one-half of the cost and expenses of repairing a certain bridge in Decatur township, and of constructing the approaches thereto, in conformity with a petition of the-commissioners of highways of said town.
The proceeding is based on section 19, chapter 121, of the Devised Statutes, which provides: “When it is necessary to-construct or repair…
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