Brown v. Ellis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cumberland county; the Hon. Augustus A. Partlow, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1920.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waggoner
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellees, Brown and Lawson, on October 25, 1916, obtained a judgment against the Sole Commissioner of Highways of the Town of Neoga, Cumberland county, Illinois, in the circuit court of that county, for one hundred and thirty-three* dollars and seventy-three cents and cost. The judgment was not paid, and on February 25,1918, appellees filed a petition for a writ of mandamus directing the payment of the judgment, and in the event of there not being sufficient funds with which to make such payment, then to levy a tax with which…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Commissioners of Highways v. NewellIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Town of Lyons v. CooledgeIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- Spring v. Collector of OlneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
- Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Co. v. People ex rel. ScottIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Brown v. CoonIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
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