People ex rel. Freeman v. Barr
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an application made to this court for a peremptory writ of mandamus, to he directed to the clerk of the Circuit Court of Franklin county to compel him to issue a summons, •as set forth in the petition of the relators, and which he had refused to do. The facts in this case are fully stated in the •opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
By the act of 1845, the county of Franklin, with other counties therein named, composed the third judicial circuit, and the terms therein fixed for the second Mondays of March and August.
In 1849, the time of holding courts in that circuit was changed. The law of that year provided, that court should be held in Hamilton county on the fourth Mondays of March and August, and in the county of Franklin on the Mondays following.
In 1859, the legislature formed a new circuit called the twenty-sixth circuit, of which Franklin county was declared to be a part.
In 1865, an act was passed to change the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wood v. BlanchardIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
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