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  "name": "Marion County v. William Harper",
  "name_abbreviation": "Marion County v. Harper",
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    "parties": [
      "Marion County v. William Harper."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Chief Justice Breese\ndelivered the opinion of the Court:\nThe appellee makes the point that an appeal does not lie from the decision of the Circuit Court, in proceedings brought to that court for locating a public highway.\nThe statute in relation to public roads, by the thirty-eighth section, provides that the corporation, company, owner or owners of the land, shall have the right to appeal from the decision of the commissioner\u2019s court to the Circuit Court, and the case shall be acted upon in such manner as the court may determine, with a view to justice and the establishment of the road, who shall make such order therein as may seem right and just, which decision shall be final. Scates Comp. 569; Sangamon Co. v. Brown, 13 Ill. 210.\nThis appeal was taken from the County Court, by the owner of the land, to the Circuit Court, and in that court he had judgment. Under the above statute, and the decision of this court in 13 Illinois, the ease can go no farther.\nThe appeal will be dismissed.\nAppeal dismissed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Mr. Chief Justice Breese"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Mr. D. C. Jones, for the appellant.",
      "Mr. H. K. S. O\u2019Melveny, for the appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Marion County v. William Harper.\nAppeals \u2014 uffl not lie from, decision of Circuit Court in proceedings to locate highways. Under the 88th section of the statute relative to public roads, and the authority of the case of the County of Sangamon v. Brown, 13 Ill. 210, the decision of a Circuit Court, in proceedings brought to that court for locating a public highway, is final, and cannot be appealed from.\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Silas 1. Bryan, Judge, presiding.\nThis was an appeal from the County Court to the Circuit Court of Marion county, to review the decision of that court, providing for the opening and establishing of a certain highway. In the court below, judgment was rendered for the appellee, whereupon the appellant brings the case to this court by appeal.\nMr. D. C. Jones, for the appellant.\nMr. H. K. S. O\u2019Melveny, for the appellee.\nThe decision of the Circuit Court is final, and cannot be appealed from. Sangamon Co. v. Brown, 13 Ill. 210; R. S. 1846, p. 488, \u00a7 38."
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