People ex rel. Bransom v. Walsh
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Sidney Smith, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding for a writ of quo warranto.
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Writ op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. Sidney Smith, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding for a writ of quo warranto. Leave was given to file an information,which was as follows: “ The State’s attorney, by the authority of the people of the State of Illinois, gives the court to understand here, and be informed, that on or about the 23d day of June, 1879, John B. Walsh, Cornelius Price, Paul Cornell, John B. Sherman and Martin J. Bussell, all of the county of Cook, aforesaid, without lawful warrant, and contrary to the constitution and laws of the State of Illinois, as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
The question here is, is it competent for the General Assembly to transfer the control of the streets of a city or village to park commissioners, to be by them controled for boulevard and drive-way purposes ? There is no other diversion of the use or control of the streets here charged, and it is not made to appear that the control and use of streets for boulevard and drive-way purposes are inconsistent with their use for the ordinary purposes of streets. The plea, indeed, distinctly avers that the relators “have claimed, and do yet claim to have, use and enjoy control, authority and…
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