Merritt v. Farris
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a bill in chancery, filed by Stephen Merritt, James P. King, Samuel Rickey, John Dunlap, Jr., William S. Honeywell, William Murray, John Batts, M. Shackleford, and H. Beaumont, complainants, in the Marshall Circuit Court, at the January term, A. D. 1859, to enjoin the collection of a school tax levied by the directors of school district No. 10, in Township 13 N., Range 9 Bast, in that county.
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This was a bill in chancery, filed by Stephen Merritt, James P. King, Samuel Rickey, John Dunlap, Jr., William S. Honeywell, William Murray, John Batts, M. Shackleford, and H. Beaumont, complainants, in the Marshall Circuit Court, at the January term, A. D. 1859, to enjoin the collection of a school tax levied by the directors of school district No. 10, in Township 13 N., Range 9 Bast, in that county. The injunction was granted, and at the same term the respondents filed their answer and affidavits in its support, and moved the court to dissolve the injunction, which was done, and the bill…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The complainants by their bill, seek to enjoin the collection of a district school tax, because of alleged irregularities in its levy. The first objection urged is, that the notice calling the election, is not sufficiently specific, as to the purposes of the election. It specifies the objects to be, for the purpose “ of electing three directors, for selecting a school house site, for a school house for said district.” The notice clearly specifies the first object to be the election of three directors, and another object clearly indicated by the last clause, was for the selection of a site by…
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