County of DuPage v. Commissioners of Highways
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of DuPage county; the Hon. C. W. Upton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
This was mandamus brought by appellees, the commissioners of highways of the town of Winfield, to compel the board of supervisors of the county of DuPage to appropriate from the county treasury the sum of $1081.60, the same being one-half the expense of constructing a bridge and its approaches across the DuPage river, on a public road, at Gary’s Mills, in said town. ’ The petition for the mandamus was based on the provisions of section 19 of the act in regard to roads and bridges in counties under township organization, approved June 23, 1883, and in force July 1, 1883. Laws of 1883, pp.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People ex rel. Greenwood v. Board of SupervisorsIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
- Hutchinson v. PrattSupreme Court of Vermont · 1839
- Boston Turnpike Co. v. Town of PomfretSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1850
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. v. Commissioners of HighwaysIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
- Chamberlain v. Inhabitants of DoverSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1836
3Cited by7 opinions
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- People ex rel. Mark v. HartquistIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
- Board of Education v. Trustees of SchoolsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1898
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