City of Chicago v. Fishburn

Upon a bill of complaint filed by appellee, Eugene EL Fishburn, a tax-payer of the city of Chicago, the superior court of Cook county perpetually enjoined appellants, said city of Chicago, its mayor, comptroller and clerk, from issuing bonds of said city to the amount of $686,000. The bonds were about to be issued under authority of two ordinances, set forth at length in the bill, for the purpose of building new bridges. No question was raised as to the form or passage of the ordinances, nor was it claimed that they were an improper exercise of municipal power if the city could incur the…