Legal Opinion
Road District No. 3 v. Drainage District No. 10
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 1, 1914Published
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Wabash county; the Hon. Jacob R. Creighton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Higbee
Appellees, Boad District No. 3 of the County of Wabash and State of Illinois and E. M. Dean and E. G. Case, taxpayers in said district, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus against Drainage District No. 10 of the same County and State, appellant, to compel said drainage district to construct three certain bridges in said road district.
The original petition filed by appellees was demurred to and the demurrer sustained, after which an amendment was filed. The petition as amended alleged that there were three bridges crossing three public highways in said road district which it was necessary…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People ex rel. Rinard v. Town of Mount MorrisIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Commissioners of Highways v. People ex rel. BonkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
- Commissioners of Highways v. Commissioners of Lake Fork Special Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Swigert v. County of HamiltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- People ex rel. Village of Burnham v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1909