Legal Opinion
City of Ottawa v. People ex rel. Caton
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 15, 1868PublishedCited by 33 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle County; the Hon. Ed win S. Leland, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding by mandamus instituted in the court below, to compel the City of Ottawa, to maintain, repair, and open and close certain bridges named in the alternative' writ, under an act of the general assembly, of March, 186J. The further facts in the case fully appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Beeese
On the seventh of March, 1867, the general assembly of this State, passed the following act, which was approved on that day:
“AM ACT
TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF OTTAWA, IN LA SALLE COUNTY, TO ERECT TWO BRIDGES ACROSS THE ILLINOIS & MICHIGAN CANAL.
“Mee. 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly :
“That Joseph 0. Glover, Lorenzo Leland, and Albanus E. Grow, of said town of Ottawa, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to erect two bridges across the Illinois and Michigan Canal, with the necessary embankments and approaches thereto, in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- County Commissioners v. People ex rel. MetzIllinois Supreme Court · 1849
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