Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Board of School Inspectors v. Mottinger
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 1905PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Will county; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the county clerk of Will county to extend a tax of $118,700 upon the certificate of the board of school inspectors of the city of Joliet. The court sustained a demurrer to the petition and dismissed the same, and an appeal has been prosecuted to this court.
It appears from the petition as amended that the board of school inspectors of former districts No. 1 and No. 2,‘now district No. 86, of the city of Joliet, on August 1, 1904, made a tax levy of $98,700 for school purposes and $20,000 for building purposes for the current school year, and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Village of Ridgway v. County of GallatinIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- People v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Trustees of Schools v. Board of School InspectorsIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Smith v. People ex rel. MaloneIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
3Cited by3 opinions
- Gray v. Board of School InspectorsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907
- Carr v. Washington & Old Dominion RailwayCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1916
- People ex rel. Board of School Inspectors v. City CouncilAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908