Lavin v. Board of Commissioners of Cook County
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Julian W. Magic, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vickers
Dominick J. Lavin, a tax-payer of Cook county, filed a bill in equity against the board of commissioners, the comptroller, the treasurer of Cook county and Frank J. Loesch to enjoin the county officials from paying out any sums of money from the county treasury, on account of fees or salaries, to the said Loesch as special State’s attorney of said county and to restrain the payment of any fees or salaries to the assistants of said Loesch. All of the defendants below filed an answer, to which a replication was filed. The hearing in the circuit court resulted in a decree denying to the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. CarrollSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
- Brown v. LuntSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1854
- Colton v. Beardsley, Bigelow & SpoonerNew York Supreme Court · 1860
- People ex rel. Phillips v. LiebIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
- Wood v. PeakeNew York Supreme Court · 1811
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by41 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Engle v. KernerIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
- People v. HowarthIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
- Jones v. O'ConnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
- People v. StrauchIllinois Supreme Court · 1910
- United States Ex Rel. Doss v. LindsleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
36 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.