Trustees of Schools v. People ex rel. Duffy
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Tazewell county; the Hon. T. M. Shaw, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sheldon
This was a petition for a writ of mandamus, to compel the formation of a new school district, under section 1 of the act of June, 1883, (Starr & Curtis, p. 2214, see. 34,) which provides: “That when the people in any territory, lying in three or more school districts and in three or more townships, which territory has not less than four hundred inhabitants, shall petition the trustees of the township or townships in which the districts affected he, to organize said territory into a school district, the trustees shall grant the petition, provided the petition shall be signed by not less than…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Trustees of Schools v. People ex rel. TravisIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
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