Trustees of Schools of Township 9 v. People ex rel. Updike
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery county; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery county; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. This was a petition filed in the circuit court of Montgomery county, praying for a writ of mandamus to compel the appellants, as the board of trustees of schools of township 9, range 5, in Montgomery county, to assemble, canvass and certify the votes cast at an election held on the 8th of April, 1893, on the question of establishing a high school in the territory mentioned in the petition, that territory being alleged…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The first question material to consider on this record, in the construction of the above provisions of the School act and the effect of the act of incorporation of the city of Litchfield and its amendments, is, what is meant by the term “school township.” Early in the legislation of this State congressional townships were designated school townships, and in the act entitled “An act to establish and maintain a system of free schools,” approved February 15, 1855, it was declared by section 24 that each congressional township should be a township for school purposes. At the time of the…
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