Adkinson v. Gahan

Citations

• 114 Ill. 21
• 28 N.E. 380

Syllabus

<p>1. Appeal—right of parties to dismiss an appeal by agreement. The appellant in this court may dismiss his appeal at his own costs, when the suit brought by him is not one to enforce a public right.</p> <p>2. In this case the appellant filed his bill in equity as a citizen and taxpayer of the town of Lake, to restrain the trustees of the town from making payment to one of their number, the supervisor of the town, of two per cent on all moneys coming into his hands for the fiscal year 1884-85, which was dismissed on demurrer, and he brought the case to this court by appeal, and during the pendency of the appeal moved the court to dismiss the same, on stipulation of the parties that it should be dismissed, and the motion was allowed.</p>