Dugan v. Berning

The plaintiff sued as a taxpayer in the circuit court of Lake County to enjoin the defendants from levying and collecting taxes to build a township library in West Deer-field Township, Lake County, and from issuing bonds for that purpose. The trial court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, and the plaintiff appeals to this court.

Operating under the provisions of “An Act to enable boards of directors of public libraries to borrow money for the erection or improvement of library buildings or to purchase library sites,” approved in…