Brown v. City of Evanston

This is an appeal from an order denying plaintiffs’ motion for judgment based on the complaint and supplemental complaint and the answers of defendants. Plaintiffs appealed to this court where, on defendants’ motion, the cause was transferred to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court transferred the cause to this court for the reason that no freehold was involved. (2 Ill.2d 504.)

Plaintiffs, residents and taxpayers of the City of Evanston, brought a representative suit against the city, its officers and others to set aside a contract of purchase and sale of certain real estate, located in the…