People ex rel. Leach v. County of Vermilion
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. M. W. Thompson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Ricks
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Vermilion county quashing a writ of certiorari issued from that court on the relation of appellant, Leach.
It appears that on the 9tli of September, 1902, S. M. Busby and John Pugh filed a petition in the office of the county clerk of Vermilion county praying the board of supervisors to disconnect a tract of land therein described from the town of Love and annex the same to the town of Blwood. The petition shows that the petitioners are a majority of the legal voters in the territory sought to be disconnected from the town of Love, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Winne v. People ex rel. HessIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
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