Stevens v. St. Mary's Training School
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. O. H. Horton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The bill in this case was demurred to, and, therefore, its statements must be assumed to be true. It alleges, that the defendant in error, the Saint Mary’s Training School, is a corporation which is controlled by the Roman Catholic Church; and that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County has made contracts with said corporation for the payment to it out of the funds of the county of certain monies for the instruction and training of boys committed to its care. That such contracts are void and such payments illegal is settled by the decision of this Court in County of Cook v. Industrial…
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