People ex rel. Gilman, Clinton & Springfield Railroad v. Supervisor of Laenna
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an application for a mandamus by the relators, against the supervisor and town clerk of the town of Laenna, to compel a corporate subscription of the town and the issue of its bonds in payment thereof, in pursuance of an election held in the town for that purpose. The facts appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
The questions made on this record arise on a demurrer to the return to an alternative writ of mandamus.
The point is made on the seventh section of the act to amend an act to incorporate the Gilman, Clinton and Springfield Railroad Company. That section is in these Avords: “All elections had under or by \drtue of this act, shall be taken and held to be general elections, and conducted in the same manner as provided by the laws of this State for general elections; and all illegal voting, false swearing or frauds done or committed shall be governed and punished as provided for by the laAvs of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Chicago & Rock River Railroad v. DutcherIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
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