St. Hedwig's Industrial School for Girls v. County of Cook

Appellees, the St. Hedwig’s Industrial School for Girls and the Polish Manual Training School for Boys, brought separate actions in assumpsit in the circuit court of Cook county against appellant, the county of Cook, to recover charges for the unpaid tuition, maintenance and care of dependent children committed to said schools by the juvenile branch of said circuit court in the years 1915, 1916 and 1917. The cases were consolidated for a hearing in the lower court and the trial was had before the court without a jury, and propositions of law were submitted properly raising all questions of…