Commissioners of Highways v. People ex rel. Brown
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. John J. Glenn, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtPillsbury, J.
It appears from the record in this cause, that a petition for a new road four rods wide, and three miles long, between sections 7,18 and 19, in North Henderson, and sections 12, 13 and 24, in the .township of Suez, in Mercer county, was presented to the highway commissioners of the respective townships, and that the said commissioners met on the 4th day of August, 1876, to hear reasons for and against the laying out of the road, at which time the appellants, as commissioners of North Henderson, refused to grant the prayer of the petitioners, and those of Suez decided to grant the same. An…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Frizell v. RogersIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Commissioners of Highways of the Town of Geneseo v. HarperIllinois Supreme Court · 1865
- People ex rel. Hempstead v. Chicago & Alton RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- Commissioners of Highways v. People ex rel. BonkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
- People ex rel. Peoria & Rock Island R. R. v. ClineIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
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- Imhoff v. Commissioners of HighwaysAppellate Court of Illinois · 1900