Legal Opinion

County of Lake v. Westerfield

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1916PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Lake county; the Hon. Claire C. Edwards, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright

The county of Lake, appellee, brought this suit in the circuit court of that county in assumpsit against Carl P. Westerfield, appellant, and on September 10, 1914, filed a declaration containing six counts. In each of the first five counts it was alleged that the appellant had been county treasurer and ex-officio county collector of said county since December 5, 1910; that his salary was fixed by the county board at $2500 per annum, which he had received; that on June 1, 1913, there was in his hands the sum of $7343.90, which he had received during his term of office from banks as interest on…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jones v. O'ConnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Renfroe v. ColquittSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
  3. People v. FosterIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Nye v. ForemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Galpin v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1911

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. The People v. SmallIllinois Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Scribner v. SachsIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
  3. Village of Brookfield v. PentisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939
  4. Board of Commissioners of Wood Dale Public Library District v. County of Du PageAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  5. Morgan v. National Trust BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1928

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