Legal Opinion

Judge v. Bergman

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 19, 1913PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from the Branch “D” Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard S- Tut-hill, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers

Thomas F. Judge, as a citizen and tax-payer of Cook county, filed a bill in equity for the purpose of enjoining the trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago from constructing and maintaining a proposed system of conduits, sewers and a pumping station in the city of Evanston and from expending the funds of said sanitary district for said improvements, basing his claim for relief upon a want of power to construct and pay for said improvements-. The theory of the bill is that the proposed conduits, sewers and pumping station are purely local improvements, designed to supplement the local…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wilson v. Board of TrusteesIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  2. People ex rel. Longenecker v. NelsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  3. City of Chicago v. M. & M. Hotel Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Seeger v. MuellerIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  5. City of Chicago v. GreenIllinois Supreme Court · 1909

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Chicago Allis Mfg. Corp. v. Metropolitan Sanitary DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
  2. People ex rel. Stuckart v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Lohr v. Upper Potomac River CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1942
  4. City of Chicago v. Sanitary DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Commander v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942

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