People ex rel. Illinois Midland Railway Co. v. Supervisor of Waynesville
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an application by the Illinois Midland Railway Company for a mandamus, against the supervisor and town clerk of the town of Waynesville, in DeWitt county, to compel them to issue and deliver to the relator $50,000 of the bonds of the town, upon a subscription voted by the electors of the town to the relator company.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
The charter of relator (sec. 9, Private Laws 1869, vol. 3, p. 173,) provides, that any city, incorporated town or township situated on, or near to, the line of the railroad as it shall be surveyed or thereafter located, shall be authorized to hold elections to determine whether such municipalities would subscribe for shares of its capital stock and'issue bonds to pay therefor. It prescribes the manner of calling elections and the mode in which they should be conducted; but the section contains this proviso: “ Provided, that such bonds shall not be delivered to said railroad company nor any…
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