People ex rel. Fitnam v. City of Galesburg
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. Edwin S. Leland, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
This was a suit in equity, brought by the People of the State of Illinois, on the relation of John C. Fitnam, against the City of Galesburg, to restrain it from proceeding to elect supervisors to represent the city in the Board of Knox county.
The right to elect such supervisors is claimed to be conferred by an act of the legislature, approved on the 27th of February, 1867 (Private Laws, vol. 3, p. 411). ' The act declares that the towns of Galesburg and West Galesburg, not embraced in the city of Galesburg, shall constitute the town of Galesburg. It also makes provision for the division of…
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