City of Olney v. Harvey & Boyd
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ei chi an cl county; the Hon. Eichabd S. Canby, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
' In 1866, Harvey and Boyd, the appellees herein, brought suit against the then town (now city) of Olney, to recover a sum of money which the town had illegally required them to pay. The case came to this court, and we held the town liable, and remanded the case for another trial, the judgment in the circuit court having been in favor of the town. The case is reported in 42 Ill. 336. Before the order remanding the case was entered in this court the town of Olney had been converted, by an act of the legislature, into a city. At the June term, 1867, of the Circuit Court of Eichland county, the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Harvey & Boyd v. President & Board of Trustees of OlneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
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