Rowe v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess County; the Hon. James Shaw, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the Opinion of • the court.
Robert Hawley filed a petition in the court below against James W. Rowe and others, the persons holding the offices of president and trustees of -the village of Warren, Jo Daviess county, for a writ of mandamus to compel them as such officers to pass an ordinance disconnecting certain territory from said village. Defendants filed a special demurrer to the petition, which was overruled. Defendants elected to abide by their demurrer, and a writ was awarded as prayed, and costs were adjudged against defendants, with execution. They…
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