People ex rel. German Insurance of Freeport v. Getzendaner
Illinois Supreme Court
This is an original proceeding in this court, for mandamus. The petition is as follows: M To the Honorable the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois: “Tour petitioner, the German Insurance Company of Free-■port, a corporation existing under and by virtue of the laws •of the State of Illinois, whose principal office or place of business is at the city of Freeport, in Stephenson county, in said •State, now here respectfully shows to this court: “That on the 30th day of March,…
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This is an original proceeding in this court, for mandamus. The petition is as follows: M To the Honorable the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois: “Tour petitioner, the German Insurance Company of Free-■port, a corporation existing under and by virtue of the laws •of the State of Illinois, whose principal office or place of business is at the city of Freeport, in Stephenson county, in said •State, now here respectfully shows to this court: “That on the 30th day of March, A. D. 1869, the county of Ogle, in the State of Illinois, had theretofore been and then was duly organized under the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Scholfield
That the bonds described in the petition were lawfully is.sued and are now binding obligations of the town, is settled by Chicago and Iowa Railroad Co. v. Pinkney, 74 Ill. 277, and Harmon et al. v. Auditor of Public Accounts et al. 123 id. 122, and questions in that respect are no longer open to discussion-The only question affecting the amount due to the petitioner from the town, not settled by the decisions in those cases,, relates to interest upon the bonds after due. The language-of the bonds, respecting interest, is, the town shall pay the principal “on the 1st day of May, A. D. 1885, to…
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