Legal Opinion

Martens v. Brady

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 16, 1914PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appear from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer

Appellant, in his capacity as tax-payer, filed his .bill in chancery in the circuit court of Sangamon county to enjoin the Auditor of Public Accounts from drawing warrants on funds appropriated out of the State treasury for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of “An act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges,” approved June 27, 1913, (Laws of 1913, p. 520,) and also to enjoin the State Treasurer .from paying any such warrants. The bill alleged that part of the act relating to what are called “State aid roads” is unconstitutional and void. A demurrer to the bill was…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Grinnell v. HoffmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  2. People ex rel. Breckon v. Board of Election CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Bessette v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  4. State v. AtkinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1902
  5. People v. KaelberIllinois Supreme Court · 1912

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Winter v. BarrettIllinois Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Mitchell v. LowdenIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Owens v. GreenIllinois Supreme Court · 1948
  4. The People v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
  5. Black & White Taxicab Co. v. Standard Oil Co.Arizona Supreme Court · 1923

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