Sherlock v. Village of Winnetka
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court of Cook county, by Sherlock and twenty-five others, as property owners and tax payers, against the village of Winnetka, the Winnetka Academy, and others, members of the council of said village, and the collector thereof.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court of Cook county, by Sherlock and twenty-five others, as property owners and tax payers, against the village of Winnetka, the Winnetka Academy, and others, members of the council of said village, and the collector thereof. It appears, from the allegations of the bill, and the acts of the general assembly referred to therein, that the village of Winnetka was incorporated by a special act. Private Laws 1869, vol. 4, p. 221. Section 1 of article 2 of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAllister
The bill in this case is not very artificially drawn, but upon a critical examination of it, we find the defects to be simply the want of chronological order in the statement of facts, and of logical order in the arrangement of the matters of its contents. NotAvithstanding these defects in form, Ave find facts scattered through it, sufficiently stated to entitle the complainants to relief, and the gravamen of the Avhole is A’ery apparent. The substance of the matters alleged is, that ivhile the council were authorized by section 1 of article 4 of the charter, to purchase land and erect…
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