Martin v. Hart

The appellees, land owners and tax-payers of the township of North Olcaw, in Coles county, filed their bill in the circuit court of that county to enjoin the appellants, the commissioner of highways and town clerk, from levying a tax and issuing bonds of the town in pursuance of an election held on March 22, 1919, under the statute which provides for improving roads and borrowing money for that purpose. The bill was answered and the cause heard on an agreed statement of facts. The chancellor being of the opinion that the election did not authorize the levy of a tax or the issuing of bonds…