Packingham v. Harper
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for fees, etc. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marshall County; the Hon. Thomas S. Shaw, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the December term, 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harker
Appellant sued to recover the fees and emoluments of the office of town collector, which he was deprived of by the refusal of appellee, as supervisor of the town, to approve his bond.
Appellee pleaded in bar that after appellant was elected collector and before the tender of his bond to him for approval, he was appointed postmaster at Granville, Illinois; that he qualified as such postmaster, received his commission from the government of the United States, entered upon the discharge of the duties of such office, and that the emoluments of it exceeded the sum of $300.
The court held the plea…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Stephen v. HanifanIllinois Supreme Court · 1880
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