People Ex Rel. City of Peoria v. Weston

A petition in mandamus in the name of the People, on the relation of the city of Peoria, was filed in the circuit court of Peoria county, making defendants thereto the Town of the City of Peoria and Hugh S. Weston, as the town collector of such town. By the petition the relator sought to compel the defendants to pay to the treasurer of the city of Peoria the sum of $29,737.94, which sum it is alleged is the net balance of the collector’s commissions after the payment of his fees of $1500. The petition charged that the defendant town is a town the corporate limits of which are co-extensive…