Illinois Midland Railway Co. v. Supervisor

This is a petition for a mandamus, filed in this court, to compel the issue to the petitioner, by the supervisor of the town of Barnett, in De Witt county, of $30,000 of bonds of said town.

The petition sets forth, that on the 10th day of August, 1869, in pursuance of “An act to incorporate the Peoria, Atlanta and Decatur Bailroad Company,” approved March 1, 1869, (Private Laws, 1869, vol. 3, p. 173,) there was submitted to the voters of said town, at an election held for the purpose, the question of subscribing $30,000 to the capital stock of said company, by the town; that a majority of the…