Legal Opinion

Trustees of Schools v. Shepherd

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 2, 1891PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

This is a common law writ of certiorari, issued by the circuit court of Champaign county, to bring before it for review the record of the trustees of schools of township 19, north, range 9, east of the third principal meridian, in that county, redistricting the township. The circuit court rendered judgment quashing the record, and that the costs be taxed against P. Bichards, the clerk of the board of trustees.

The rule is, proceedings of an inferior tribunal can not be brought before the circuit court for review upon writ of certiorari, where the right of review of the proceedings upon appeal…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Doolittle v. Galena & Chicago Union RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1853

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Merchants & Planters Bank v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1896
  2. State ex rel. Bidgood v. Supervisors of CliftonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
  3. State ex rel. Johnson v. CaseMontana Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Wright v. Highway CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Gregory v. DixonWashington Supreme Court · 1893

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