Town of Mt. Vernon v. Patton
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson county; the Hon. Tazewell B. Tanner, Judge, presiding. This was an action brought in the court below, by Patton, against the town of Mt. Vernon, to recover for services as an attorney at law, under a contract alleged to have been made with the supervisor of the town.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
It is insisted the supervisor had no valid authority to make the contract in question in behalf of the town.
It is provided by statute, that “the electors present at any annual town meeting shall have power * * * to provide for the institution, defence or disposition of suits at law or in equity in all controversies between the town and any other town, or any individual or corporation in which the town is interested.”
At the annual town meeting on April 6, 1875, the meeting adopted a resolution, that “the supervisor is hereby required, * * * on behalf of said town, * * * to procure legal…
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