Lockwood & Strickland Co. v. City of Chicago

Abstract of the Decision. 1. Municipal cobpobations, § 83*—when construction of ordinance is question for court. In an action against a city to recover money paid under a city ordinance, upon demurrer to a special count declaring upon and setting out in haee verba such ordinance, held that the right to maintain the action rested in the legal interpretation of the liability of the city to refund the sum paid under the terms of the ordinance, and the question was one of law for the court, regardless of the erroneous conclusion of the pleader. 2. Limitation of actions, § 103*—necessity of…