People ex rel. Mason v. Board of Supervisors
Appellate Court of Illinois
Petition for mandamus. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. Mobton W. Thompson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1911.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Philbriok
delivered the opinion of the court.
The People of the State of Elinois, on relation of Mason and others, as Commissioners of Highways of the Town of Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois, filed a petition in the Circuit Court to compel the Board of Supervisors to appropriate one-half of the cost of a bridge which the Highway Commissioners had determined was necessary to be erected within the Town of Oakwood. The appellants demurred to the petition, the demurrer was overruled, appellants then answered the petition, a demurrer was sustained to the answer. Appellants…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Board of Supervisors v. People ex rel. CaldwellIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
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