Gillett v. Board of Supervisors
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding. This was a bill for an injunction, filed by John D. Gillett against the board of supervisors of Logan county, James C. Hoblit, county clerk, and Christopher C. Burton, Uriah Warren and James Tuttle, a committee appointed by the board of supervisors, to enjoin the issue of an order referred to in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding. This was a bill for an injunction, filed by John D. Gillett against the board of supervisors of Logan county, James C. Hoblit, county clerk, and Christopher C. Burton, Uriah Warren and James Tuttle, a committee appointed by the board of supervisors, to enjoin the issue of an order referred to in the opinion of the court. Oh the hearing the bill was dismissed, and the complainant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
It appears from the record in this case that, at the time the bill of complaint was filed, evidence was being taken touching an issue directed by this court in the matter of The People ex rel. The Pekin, Lincoln and Decatur R. R. Co. v. The Board of Supervisors of Logan County; that the issue involved an inquiry whether an election, held in said county, had been carried by a majority of legal votes, on the declared result of which the railroad company claimed that the county was bound to subscribe and pay for $300,000 of its capital stock.
The board of supervisors of the county had passed a…
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