People ex rel. Glenn v. Binns

At a former term we granted to the petitioners leave to file their petition against the defendants, as trustees of the village of Middletown, for a writ of mandamus to compel said trustees to pass an ordinance, by a majority of the members elected to their board, disconnecting the lands of petitioners from said village. The petition was filed and answered. A demurrer to a part of the answer and a replication to a part was filed, but it is now stipulated by the parties that all' the allegations of fact in the petition are true, and that the only questions involved are the construction of an…