Melin v. Community Consolidated School District No. 76

The bill of complaint in this case as it was finally amended was filed in the circuit court of Henry county by the State’s attorney on the relation of four residents, taxpayers and electors of the village of Andover, to enjoin the construction of a school house on the public square of the village. The court dismissed the bill for want of equity, and the complainants have brought this writ of error.

There is no controversy about the material facts. A plat of the village of Andover was filed in the recorder’s office of Henry county on March 7, 1842, which was annexed to a certificate of Arba M.…