Sholty v. Commissioners of Highways

Citations

• 63 Ill. 209

Syllabus

<p>1. Void proceeding. A proceeding, declared by competent tribunal void, and set aside, is inoperative and without legal effect as to all other proceedings.</p> <p>2. Official action—definition of. An act, void in law, is, in law, no act, and all things relating to the same subject matter may proceed as though no attempt had been made.</p> <p>3. The right of condemnation of private property for public highways reaffirmed.</p>