Anderson v. Village of Berwyn
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for injunction. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodobe Beentano, Judge, presiding. Statement toy the Court.
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Bill for injunction. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodobe Beentano, Judge, presiding. Statement toy the Court. George H. Anderson and his seventeen co-appellants as householders and takers of water from the waterworks of the village of Berwyn filed their bill of complaint in the court below on the 11th day of January, 1904, against the village of Berwyn, its president, board of trustees, clerk, treasurer and superintendent, the appellees in this appeal, to enjoin the defendants from refusing to supply the complainants with water from the water works of the village.…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
The parties to this controversy seem to have treated the hearing on the motion for an injunction as a final hearing of the cause, and they so treat it on this appeal. In the absence of any objection, we will so treat it.
Appellants by their bill attack the validity of the ordinance and resolutions set out therein. The answers and affidavits of appellees bring to the atténtion of the court the amended resolutions and considerations of fact relating to the propriety of the exercise of the powers claimed to be conferred upon the…
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