Dodge v. Board of Education

Appellants’ bill filed in the superior court of Cook county seeking to enjoin appellees, the Board of Education of the City of Chicago and others, from reducing teachers’ pensions as applied to them, was dismissed for want of equity. They bring the cause here on the ground that a constitutional question is involved in the construction given the act by the chancellor.

The original complaint was filed by twenty plaintiffs as a class suit on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated. The Board of Education of the City of Chicago and certain of its officers, and the city of Chicago…