True v. Davis
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. This was a petition for mandamus, in the circuit court of Cook county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S. Tuthill, Judge, presiding. This was a petition for mandamus, in the circuit court of Cook county. The petition is as follows : “Your petitioner, John R. True, treasurer of the city of Lake "View, in the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, respectfully showeth unto your Honors, that at a municipal election held in the town of Lake View on the "5th day of April, A. D. 1887, there was duly submitted to the electors of said town the question whether said town should become incorporated as a city, under and pursuant to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
The .public welfare within the territory over which the city of Chicago is now exercising municipal authority, so manifestly demands an early and final decision of the question discussed upon this record, that we proceed to give our conclusion thereon, and enter judgment in the case, without that delay that might, but for this urgency, be desirable for a careful presentation of the reasons which have led to our conclusion.
The question may be stated thus: Does the prohibition of section 11, article 9, of the constitution, prevent the annexation of two or more cities, incorporated…
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