Commissioners of Highways v. Jackson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Stark county; the Hon. N. E. Worthington, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
The relator, William A. Jackson, and others, presented their petition to the highway commissioners of the town of Goshen for laying out a new road. The commissioners refused to grant the prayer of the petitioners, and Jackson appealed from their decision to three supervisors of the county. The supervisors granted the petition, had the damages assessed, and ordered the road laid out by their final order, filed March 16, 1894. At their next semi-annual meeting, on the first Tuesday in September, 1894, the commissioners failed to levy any tax for the damages awarded for laying out this road, and…
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