Stevenson v. Cosgrove

Plaintiff Eugene Stevenson, La Salle County Superintendent of Highways, filed this mandamus action to compel Francis D. Cosgrove, Road Commissioner for Peru Township, to provide maintenance for West Lynnwood Drive located in the First Addition of Lynnwood Subdivision, an unincorporated area in Peru Township. Cosgrove defended the suit on two grounds: (1) the street had never been accepted into the township road system, and (2) available township road funds were insufficient to pay the cost of repair and maintenance work. Judgment was entered on the jury verdict in favor of defendant, and…