Downs v. Curry
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. T. M. Harris, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
Appellees are the owners of certain lands in Logan county over which a road laid out in January, 1919, if opened, will pass. They filed a bill to perpetually enjoin the appellant highway commissioner from opening the road. A decree was entered as prayed in the bill, and the commissioner of highways has prosecuted this appeal.
August 22, 1918, a petition addressed to appellant was filed with the town clerk to lay out the road. Appellant being unable to agree with all the land owners upon the damages to be paid, filed a certificate in the office of a justice of the peace in accordance with the…
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