Boehm v. Hertz

Plaintiff in error filed a bill in which it is alleged he is a tax-payer, etc.., and that the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, on June 14, 1897, passed a certain act, in which it was attempted to appropriate moneys for the ordinary and other expenses of the Illinois State Normal University, alleg'ed to be a private corporation organized under an act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois passed February 18, 1857. It is alleged that the appropriation is unlawful and in contravention of the constitution of the State, because it would be a misappropriation of the public funds…