People ex rel. Illinois Midland Railway Co. v. Supervisor & Town Clerk
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a proceeding by attachment against the supervisor and town clerk of the town of Barnett, for a contempt of this court in neglecting and refusing to execute and deliver to the relator, the Illinois Midland Railway Company, on its order, certain bonds of the town of Barnett, which had been voted as a subscription to the capital stock of a railway company. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
On the 28th day of January, 1878, a peremptory writ of mandamus was issued from this court, in pursuance of its former award of such writ, (85 Ill. 313,) commanding the supervisor and town clerk of the township of Barnett, in the county of DeWitt, in the State of Illinois, forthwith to execute, in the name of said township, to the Illinois Midland Railway Company, or its order, bonds of said township to the amount of §30,000, payable within twenty years from the date thereof, with coupons attached, bearing ten per cent interest per annum, payable annually, in payment of a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hays v. Ottawa, Oswego & Fox River Valley RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
- Ottawa, Oswego & Fox River Valley Railroad v. BlackIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Illinois Midland Railway Co. v. SupervisorIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
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- Harding v. HawkinsIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
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