People ex rel. City of Champaign v. County of Champaign

This is an appeal by the county of Champaign from a judgment of the circuit court of said county awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus against appellant. The People, at the relation of certain individuals, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus commanding the board of supervisors of the county of Champaign to meet in regular or special session at a time to be designated, to do and perform all acts necessary for the organization of the territory embraced in the city of Champaign into a separate town, to be known and designated as “Town of the City of Champaign.” The petition alleged the city…