Streuber Ex Rel. Heskett v. City of Alton

The State’s attorney, on the relation of four electors and tax-payers of the city of Alton, filed a bill in the circuit court of Madison county to restrain the city from rebuilding on its original site the city hall, which had been destroyed by fire; to require it to restore the site, as nearly as might be, to its original condition; and to decree that an election upon the question of a certain bond issue for $75,000 was void and that the proceeds of the bonds could not be legally used for repairing, altering or furnishing the city hall. The decree of' the court granted the injunction but…