Illinois Cities Water Co. v. City of Mt. Vernon

Appellants, who are the city of Mt. Vernon and certain of its officers, here appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Jefferson County granting injunctive relief to appellee, Illinois Cities Water Company, an Illinois corporation, which owns the waterworks system serving the city.

On August 1, 1955, while the parties were involved in litigation before the Illinois Commerce Commission concerning proposed rate increases, the Mt. Vernon city council passed an ordinance which authorized condemnation proceedings to acquire the Mt. Vernon water properties of appellee, and some two weeks later a…