Legal Opinion

Bourland v. Snyder

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1906PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Writ os Error to the Circuit Court of Alexander county; the Hon. William N. BuTlER, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer

School district No. 3 in town 14, south, range 1, west of the third principal meridian, is situate partly in Alexander county and partly in Pulaski county. Mill creek constitutes the line dividing the two counties. The school house is in Pulaski county, and in the winter time it is for the greater part of the time inconvenient, and frequently impossible, for the children residing in Alexander county to reach the school house by reason of high waters in Mill creek and bad roads in the bottom land near the creek. A petition was presented to the trustees of schools asking that the territory in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hyslop v. FinchIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Parr v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Hamilton v. FretteIllinois Supreme Court · 1901

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Zilisch v. AuerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1928
  2. Cass v. DuncanIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Shapiro v. REGIONAL BOARD SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF COOK COUNTYAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  4. Streator Township High School District No. 40 v. County Board of School TrusteesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1957
  5. People ex rel. Chamberlin v. Trustees of Schools of Township No. 1Appellate Court of Illinois · 1943

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