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Coon v. Mason CountyCoon v. Mason County

Illinois Supreme Court
Apr 15, 1859
Reporters:
Per Curiam.

This proceeding was under the thirty-eighth section of the ‍​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‍chapter entitled “ Roads,” (Rev. Laws, 1845, Sec. 38,) which provides that the decision of the Circuit Court shall ‍​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‍be final. We are of the opinion that the legislature intended to prohibit the prosecution of a writ of ‍​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‍error as well as an appeal.

The point made on this motion, was not considered by this court, in ‍​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‍the cases of Hutchins v. De Witt County, 1 Gilm. R. 345, and The County of Sangamon v. Brown ‍​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‍et al., 13 Ill. R. 207.

The motion is sustained.

Motion sustained.

Case Details

Case Name: Coon v. Mason County
Court Name: Illinois Supreme Court
Date Published: Apr 15, 1859
Citation: 22 Ill. 666
Court Abbreviation: Ill.
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