People ex rel. Cairo & St. Louis Railroad v. Board of Supervisors
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Alexander county; the Hon. David J. Baker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel Jackson county to issue its bonds to relator, to pay a subscription of $200,000 to its capital stock claimed to have been made by the county.
Relator claims that the subscription was in all things regu-' lar; that the company had complied with all the terms and conditions imposed by the subscription, and had tendered $200,000 of paid up stock of the company.
Respondent claims that the elections at which the vote resulted in favor of subscription were so irregular, and so far failed to comply with the law, that no power was thereby conferred…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Town of Middleport v. Ætna Life InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
- Board of Supervisors of Jackson County v. BrushIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Charles H. Force & Co. v. Town of BataviaIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
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- Williams v. People ex rel. WilsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Post v. County of PulaskiU.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Illnois · 1891
- Illinois Terra Cotta Lumber Co. v. HanleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1904
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