County of Franklin v. Layman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court- of Franklin County; the Hon. George W. Young, Judge, presiding. This suit was brought by appellees to recover for professional services claimed to have been performed by them for the appellant in proceedings to test the validity of certain county bonds, issued by said county under and by virtue of the provisions of the act of 1861 chartering the Belleville & El Dorado Bail road Company.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court- of Franklin County; the Hon. George W. Young, Judge, presiding. This suit was brought by appellees to recover for professional services claimed to have been performed by them for the appellant in proceedings to test the validity of certain county bonds, issued by said county under and by virtue of the provisions of the act of 1861 chartering the Belleville & El Dorado Bail road Company. Two series of bonds were issued to the company by the county, one of one hundred bonds for §1,000 each, being the bonds above referred to, and the other series of forty-nine…
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, J.
We are satisfied, from an examination of the record, that the right to recover this balance rests upon a contract between appellant and appellees, alleged to have been made November 7, 1883, and which contract, according to the testimony on behalf of appellees, was made with the county board while in session, and by the agreement of said board was to have been recorded in the proceedings of that meeting, but was not so recorded. The terms of this contract were, if taxes were assessed to pay interest on said §100,000 scries of bonds, and if Richard Bicheson, or some other taxpayer of the…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Templeman v. JeffriesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
- Chase v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1906
- County of Franklin v. LaymanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1892
- Rainey v. Marion CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940