Citizens Utilities Co. v. Metropolitan Sanitary District
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Leighton
This appeal arises from a suit by Citizens Utilities Company of Illinois, a privately owned public utility, against the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago to recover, under the constitution, for damage to a sewage treatment plant.1 The material facts are not in dispute.
On December 18,1962, the Sanitary District, acting within its statutory powers and lawfully exercising its authority, completed construction of an interceptor sewer near the Village of Hoffman Estates in Cook County, Illinois. This completion was anticipated by all concerned because District had jurisdiction of…
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