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· 6/21/1882

Boyd v. Town of Farm Ridge

Citations

  • 103 Ill. 408
  • 1882 Ill. LEXIS 189

Syllabus

<p>Highway—penalty for continuing partial obstruction after notice. The building of a fence upon a road, whether across the same or longitudinally with the road, is an obstruction thereof, within the meaning of section 58 of the Road law of 1874, and the person so obstructing is liable to the statutory penalty for suffering such fence to remain upon the road after being ordered to remove the same by the highway commissioners, although the penalty for the original obstruction may be barred by the Statute of Limitations.</p>

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  • where relator brought action for mandate to require appellee to certify his name as a candidate for judge in primary election but time for holding primary election had passed before appeal was taken, a decision favoring relator could not benefit him, and appeal was dismissed as moot

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