People ex rel. Highway Commissioners v. Board of Supervisors

Citations

• 110 Ill. 93
• 1884 Ill. LEXIS 1325

Syllabus

<p>1. Roads and bridges—county aid in building bridges on demand of a town,—conditions to fix liability of the county—the statute construed. The 110th section of the Road and Bridge law of 1879 does not authorize the county board to pay one-half the cost of bridges already built and paid for by towns, without reference to the requirements of that section.</p> <p>2. In order to entitle the commissioners of highways of a town to demand of the county board to pay one-half of the cost of a bridge, they must proceed and act under section 110 of the Road and Bridge law of 1879. To hold the county liable, the commissioners should, on ascertaining the cost of the bridge, have applied to the county board for aid before proceeding to build the bridge. If they proceed under section 111, and call an election, and vote to issue town bonds sufficient to raise money enough to build the bridge, this will show that the town has acted without the intention of calling on.the county for aid.</p>