Fergus v. Brady

By his second amended bill filed in this case in the circuit court of Sangamon county, the appellee, J. B. Fergus, prayed for an injunction against the appellants, James J. Brady, Auditor of Public Accounts, and Andrew Russel, Treasurer of the State of Illinois, to prevent the payment of various sums appropriated by the General Assembly to boards and individuals and to require an accounting and restitution for sums that had been paid out of the State treasury on warrants drawn by the Auditor and paid by the Treasurer. The defendants demurred generally and specially, and the chancellor…