Legal Opinion
County of Jasper v. Ballou
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 28, 1881No. 1063PublishedCited by 18 opinions
Error-to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
The Constitution of Illinois, which went into effect April 1, 1848, contained the following: —
“ Art. VIL, Sect. 6. The General Assembly shall provide by a general law, for township organization, under which any county may organize whenever a majority of the voters of such county, at any general election, shall so determine, and whenever any county shall adopt a township organization, so much of this constitution as provides for the management of the fiscal concerns of the said . county by the county court may be dispensed with, and the affairs of the said county may be transacted in such…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Board of Supervisors of Schuyler County v. People ex rel. Rock Island & Alton RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
- Harward v. St. Clair & Monroe Levee & Drainage Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1869
- President of Keithsburg v. FrickIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
3Cited by18 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. GentrySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Kocsis v. Chicago Park DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1935
- City of Huron v. Second Ward Sav. BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
- Board of Com'rs v. Ætna Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
- In re State to Issue Bonds to Fund IndebtednessSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
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