Appellate Court of Illinois May 15, 1878 (Rayburn v. Davis)

Higbee, P. J.

In the winter of 1876-7, the Bloomington Ladies’ Aid Society, an organization for the purpose of rendering aid to the poor of the city of Bloomington, was engaged in collecting contributions of money, clothing and provisions, for the use of the poor, and it purchased from the McLean County Coal Co., coal to the amount of $201, which it also distributed among the poor of said city.