Legal Opinion

McCray v. City of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 18, 1920No. 12770PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Foell, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter

This is an appeal from a decree of the superior court of Cook county dismissing for want of equity a bill for injunc- . tion filed by appellants seeking to restrain the enforcement of an ordinance of the city of Chicago as to the use of certain material other than wood lath and plaster as a lining for walls and ceilings. The trial judge certified that the validity of an ordinance was involved and the cause was one involving public interests and should be taken direct to this court. This appeal followed.

The principal, if not the only, question involved is the reasonableness of section 605 of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Lawton v. SteeleSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. In re FrazerMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
  3. People ex rel. Morrison v. CregierIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  4. People ex rel. Friend v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Laurel Hill Cemetery v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1907

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Billings Properties, Inc. v. Yellowstone CountyMontana Supreme Court · 1964
  2. Schuringa v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1964
  3. The County of Du Page v. HendersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
  4. Phipps v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1930
  5. Bettey v. City of SidneyMontana Supreme Court · 1927

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