Harmon v. Auditor of Public Accounts

Decided September 26, 1887. Benjamin Drake Magruder wrote the opinion for the court.

123 Ill. 122 · Cited 83 times

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• Gelpcke v. Dubuque · 68 U.S. 175
• Smith v. Swormstedt · 57 U.S. 288
• Beloit v. Morgan · 74 U.S. 619
• Corcoran v. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co. · 94 U.S. 741
• Rogers v. Higgins · 57 Ill. 244
• Havemeyer v. Iowa County · 70 U.S. 294
• Green County v. Conness · 109 U.S. 104
• Davis v. . Tallcot · 12 N.Y. 184

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