Silver v. People ex rel. Whitmore
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Edwin S. Leland, Judge, presiding. This was an application to the court below for a writ of mandamus, in the name of the people of the State of Illinois, on the relation of William F. Whitmore against Herman Silver, the clerk of the Circuit Court of La Salle county, and ex officio recorder of deeds, to compel him to allow the relator access to his office and the records thereof, for the purpose of transcribing the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Edwin S. Leland, Judge, presiding. This was an application to the court below for a writ of mandamus, in the name of the people of the State of Illinois, on the relation of William F. Whitmore against Herman Silver, the clerk of the Circuit Court of La Salle county, and ex officio recorder of deeds, to compel him to allow the relator access to his office and the records thereof, for the purpose of transcribing the same, in conformity to a resolution of the board of supervisors of Grundy county.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
The legislature, by an act approved February 12, 1855, authorized the board of supervisors of Grundy county to provide suitable books, and to cause to be transcribed therein, such portions of the records of La Salle county as relate to landrf now embraced within the limits of Grundy county, and to employ a suitable person to transcribe said .records. The county of Grundy was formerly a part of La Salle county. Acting under the authority of this law, the board of supervisors of Grundy county, in ¡November, 1866, appointed a committee with authority to employ a suitable person to do said work,…
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