People ex rel. Tilden v. Massieon
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. Ed-gab Eldbedge, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carnes
A petition in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, on relation of Nancy S. Tilden, for a writ of mandamus to compel the mayor and city council of the City of Peru to approve a certain plat of an addition to said city made by the relator was filed in the Circuit Court. The defendant appeared and the mayor and city council each filed a general demurrer to the petition. The demurers were sustained by the court, and the petitioner, abiding by the petition, final judgment was entered thereon, and she brings the case here by appeal.
The petition for' the writ, after entitling the cause…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Village of Lee v. HarrisIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Campau v. Board of Public WorksMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
- Town of Somonauk v. People ex rel. HessIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- State ex rel. Strother v. ChaseMissouri Court of Appeals · 1890
- Van Husan v. HeamesMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Jackson & Morris, Inc. v. SmuczynskiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1951
- People ex rel. Tilden v. MassieonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1917