Flanigen v. City of East St. Louis
Illinois Supreme Court
Wbit of Error to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, pre- - siding.
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Wbit of Error to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District ;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. William H. Snyder, Judge, pre- - siding. This was an action brought in the circuit court of St. Clair county, in the name of the city of East St. Louis, for the use of William D. Griswold, on the official bond of Alexander Flanigen, as treasurer of said city, against him and his sureties, for failure to pay five certain warrants issued by said city for street lighting, to said Griswold, against its tax levy for the year 1886. The annual…
1Per curiam
It is claimed hy plaintiffs in error that a decision of this case involves the construction of section 12, article 9, of the constitution, prohibiting cities from incurring indebtedness beyond a certain limit, and that the Appellate Court had no jurisdiction to determine the question. On the other hand, it is insisted that the judgment rendered in the ■Appellate Court was not final, and the writ of error can not be maintained. The statute (Starr & Curtis, p. 1853, see. 91,) provides for an appeal or writ of error to review a judgment of the Appellate Court in the following cases: “If the…
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