Goodwine v. County of Vermilion

John Goodwine and other residents, property owners and tax-payers, of the county of Vermilion filed in the circuit court a bill against the county, the chairman of the board of supervisors and the county clerk, the purpose of which was to enjoin the issue and sale of bonds amounting to $1,500,000 and the collection of a tax for the payment of them. An answer was filed, the cause was heard and a decree was rendered dismissing the bill for want of equity, from which the complainants have appealed.

The proposed bond issue purported to be for the purpose of aiding in the construction of roads and…