Legal Opinion

Morgan v. City of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1938No. 24690. Decree affirmedPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shaw

On April 22, 1932, appellants filed a bill in the circuit court of Cook county seeking to enjoin the city of Chicago and its officials from issuing a permit for the construction of a gasoline filling station at the southeast corner of Sixty-seventh street and Jeffrey avenue. Appellants were the owners of certain properties in the vicinity of the proposed gasoline station. The trial court, upon recommendation of the master to whom the cause was referred, dismissed the bill for want of equity. The cause is before us on the certificate of the trial judge that the validity of an ordinance is…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Zahn v. Board of Public WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  2. Forbes v. HubbardIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Minkus v. PondIllinois Supreme Court · 1927

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. La Salle National Bank v. City of EvanstonIllinois Supreme Court · 1974
  2. First Nat. Bank of Lake Forest v. County of LakeIllinois Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Trust Co. of Chicago v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
  4. Tomasek v. City of Des PlainesIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Exchange National Bank v. County of CookIllinois Supreme Court · 1962

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