Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Beaver
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 1872PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The object of the bill exhibited by the appellants was to have the order made in October, 1870, by the appellees, acting in their official capacity of school trustees, dividing township 19 north, range 3 west, into school districts, declared null and void, and have the same canceled and set aside on the ground that it was fraudulently made, and the manner of districting oppressive and burdensome to the inhabitants of the township.
Preliminary to charging the acts complained of, it is alleged that, in 1867, the then acting trustees of the township laid off and sub-divided the township into…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Metz v. AndersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
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