People Ex Rel. DeLeuw & Co. v. Village of Midlothian

Charles De Leuw & Company, a corporation, filed its petition in the circuit court of Cook county, for a writ of mandamus to compel the village of Midlothian to pay the petitioner the amount of certain judgments in its favor against the village, or to appropriate any surplus in the general fund, after providing for the most economical expenses of the village, to the payment of such judgments; to require the village authorities to levy the maximum amount of tax authorized by law and use any surplus over reasonable expenses in paying such judgments, or that such village authorities adopt an…