Mather v. City of Ottawa
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. George W. Stipp, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was’an action brought by Louise Barnes Mather, in the circuit court of La Salle county, against the city of Ottawa, upon one hundred and twenty coupons, which were attached to certain bonds executed by the mayor and city clerk of Ottawa, under the authority of an ordinance passed by the city council of Ottawa, on the 15th day of June, 1869, and also an ordinance adopted on the 29th day of July, 1869, to carry out the ordinance of June 15th. The city of Ottawa was incorporated by an act of the legislature on the 10th day of February, 1853, and under the act of incorporation the city was…
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