Littell v. Board of Supervisors
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. F.Bookw alter, Judge, presiding. This was a petition in the circuit court of Vermilion county by appellants, against the board of supervisors of that county, to compel it to create a new town under the provisions of section 1 of article 3 of the act of 1895 as amended. (3 Starr & Cur.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. F.Bookw alter, Judge, presiding. This was a petition in the circuit court of Vermilion county by appellants, against the board of supervisors of that county, to compel it to create a new town under the provisions of section 1 of article 3 of the act of 1895 as amended. (3 Starr & Cur. Stat. p. 3919.) An answer was filed to the petition, and a demurrer thereto by the petitioners was overruled and the petition dismissed. Petitioners prosecute this appeal. The statute is as follows: “The county board of each county shall have full and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
The question presented for decision is, whether petitioners for the organization of a new township under the foregoing statute can, after the petition has been presented to the county board, withdraw their names so as to leave it with a less number than that required by the statute, thereby defeating the organization, and if they can do so after the presentation, at what time must they make their application for that purpose. The position of counsel for appellants is, that when a legal petition is filed the jurisdiction of the board attaches and the power of the petitioners to change it by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Little v. ThompsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
- La Londe v. Board of SupervisorsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1891
- State ex rel. Hawley v. County Board of SupervisorsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
- Town of Somonauk v. People ex rel. HessIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
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- Sim v. RosholtNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1907
- Kinsloe v. PogueIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Crocher v. AbelIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
- State ex rel. Lang v. FurnishMontana Supreme Court · 1913
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