Getto v. City of Chicago

We granted interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 110A, par. 308). It arises from the trial court’s denial of a motion made jointly by numerous municipal corporations to dismiss due to improper venue and the trial court’s overruling of objections to venue made by several utility companies. The suit itself is a class action brought to recover excessive charges allegedly collected from the customers of the defendant utilities by the defendant municipalities.

The question of law certified by the trial court as the basis for this Rule 308 appeal is:

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