Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Commissioners of North Fork Outlet Drainage District v. Schwartz
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 28, 1927No. Gen. No. 8,052PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shurtleff
This is a mandamus proceeding presented by appellees, commissioners of a drainage district, to compel appellant, Highway Commissioner of the Town of Cooper in Sangamon County, to pay certain drainage assessments and benefits adjudged against said town in aid of roads and bridges in the township.
On the 21st day of February, 1924, there was filed in the circuit court of Sangamon county a petition for mandamus in the name of the People of the State of Illinois upon relation of the Commissioners of the North Fork Outlet Drainage District, in the counties of Macon, Christian and Sangamon, in the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Reed v. Village of ChatsworthIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Ottawa Gas Light & Coke Co. v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Matthews v. HoffIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Kilgour v. Drainage CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- People ex rel. Douglas v. PowellIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- National Bank v. City of GibsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1931