People ex rel. Webster v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. John H. Fornoff, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holdom
This appeal comes to this court by transfer from the Supreme Court of the State, which held that it was without jurisdiction for the reason that the validity of the ordinances challenged was not necessary to the decision of the case. All of the facts and the rulings of the Supreme Court thereon appear in 272 Ill. 451, in an opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Farmer. It would be a work of supererogation, which neither theology nor law tolerates, to again state the case, which might be imperfectly done, and therefore we are content to simply refer to the Supreme Court’s opinion for all that is there…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- California Reduction Co. v. Sanitary Reduction WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- People ex rel. Webster v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1916