Campbell v. Paris & Decatur Railroad

This was a bill in equity, filed by appellants in the circuit court of Douglas county, against appellees, for an injunction to restrain the supervisor of a township from issuing, and the railroad company from receiving, bonds of the town to the amount of $35,000. The bill alleges that the petition of a number of citizens of the town was presented to the town clerk that a meeting be called to vote for and against issuing the bonds of the town to aid the Paris and Decatur Railroad Company in constructing their road; that he called the meeting, at which it was declared that the proposition was…