Reichwald v. Catholic Bishop

The appellant, as a tax-payer, in behalf of all other tax-payers who might wish to join as well as himself, filed a bill in the circuit court of Cook county against the Catholic Bishop of Chicago, James E. Quigley, archbishop, and A. J. Thiele, vicar-general of the Roman Catholic diocese of Chicago, the board of commissioners of Cook county, and Paul Gerhardt, county architect, asking for an injunction. A demurrer was sustained to the bill, it was dismissed for want of equity, and complainant has appealed.

The act sought to be enjoined was the erection of a building for religious worship upon…