Turley v. County of Logan
Illinois Supreme Court
At the session of the General Assembly of 1853, an act passed the legislature, for the removal of the seat of justice of Logan county, by a vote of the people. In the fall after, the vote was taken, and resulted in favor of the removal.
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At the session of the General Assembly of 1853, an act passed the legislature, for the removal of the seat of justice of Logan county, by a vote of the people. In the fall after, the vote was taken, and resulted in favor of the removal. The complainants filed their bill to restrain the county officers from erecting county buildings at the new location, on the ground that, as appeared by the journal, the act had not been read in the House of Representatives the full number of times required by the constitution; and so was no law. The injunction, in the first instance, was allowed. Afterwards,…
1Opinion of the Court
Scates C. J.
The only suggestion of a ground of equitable interference is dependent upon the fact stated, that the act of Feb. 14,1853, for the removal of the county seat, &c., was not constitutionally enacted, and did not in fact become a law, it not having been read on three several days, nor such readings dispensed with, as is required by Sec. 23, Article 3, of the Constitution ; and that in fact it was but once read. The additional fact is alleged that there was no petition by the citizens of the county, praying for an act for the removal of the county seat, as provided by law. Rev. Stat.…
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