People ex rel. Maxwell v. Ruby
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus.—Proceedings to lay out a highway. Error to the Circuit Court of Jasper County; the Hon. Silas Z. Landes, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Presiding- Justice Scofield
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Plaintiff in error filed a petition for mandamus to compel defendants in error to proceed with the assessment of damages on a certificate from the three supervisors before whom a proceeding fr/r the altering or re-locating of a public highway was pending on appeal.
The petition fails to show that the certificate required to be filed with the justice of the peace was so filed within ten days from the date of the meeting at which it was decided to grant the prayer of the petition for laying out the road.
It has been held by this…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People ex rel. Greenwood v. Board of SupervisorsIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Trainer v. LawrenceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1890
3Cited by1 opinion
- Bennett v. MillardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1908