People ex rel. Breckenridge v. Brooks
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Josiah McBoberts, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was an application for a mandamus against the defendant, as supervisor of the town of Joliet, in Will county, to compel him to call an election under and by virtue of “ An act to fund and provide for paying the railroad debts of counties, townships, cities and towns, ” in force April 16th, 1869, to decide whether the township would subscribe for or donate to the capital stock of the Joliet, Newark & Mendota Railway Company.
The court, in the first instance, granted a rule against appellant to show cause why a peremptory writ of mandamus should not issue against him, returnable in ten…
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