Town of Stites v. Wiggins Ferry Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for an Injunction. — Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. Martin W. Schaefer, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bigelow
This appeal is prosecuted from a decree of the Circuit Court of St. Clair County, perpetually enjoining appellants from, issuing bonds of the town of Stites to the amount of $25,000. Besides the town itself, the supervisor, highway commissioners, and the town clerk of the town, and also the village of Brooklyn, were made parties to the bill. All of the defendants, except the village of Brooklyn, were perpetually enjoined from issuing and delivering the bonds.
This proceeding involves the construction of the powers of the town as defined in Section 20 of Chapter 121, Hurd’s R. S. 1899. The…
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