Fergus v. Russel

On July 9, 1915, J. B. Fergus, one of the appellees, filed his bill of complaint in the circuit court of Sangamon county against Andrew Russel, State Treasurer, to restrain the payment out of the State treasury of certain appropriations made by the Forty-ninth General Assembly of this State. A summons was issued and served upon Russel, as State Treasurer, returnable tO' the September term, 1915, of the circuit court. Thereafter, on July 31, 1915, the complainant, by leave of court, filed an amended bill, and James J. Brady, Auditor of Public Accounts, was joined with the State Treasurer as a…