Legal Opinion

O'Connor v. High School Board of Education

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1919No. 12653PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. JESSE A. Baldwin, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer

The Appellate Court for the First District affirmed the decree of the circuit court in this case and granted a certificate of importance, upon which a further appeal is prosecuted to this court.

Two bills were filed by appellants in the circuit court but were consolidated and disposed of in one decree. Both bills attacked the validity of two elections held in the Evanston High School District,—one November 6, 1915, the other December 11, 1915,—upon the questions of choosing a new site for a school building and the issuance of bonds to purchase the site and erect the building. The first bill…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. In re DayIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
  2. People ex rel. Breckon v. Board of Election CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Greenwood v. GmelichIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  4. O'Connor v. High School Board of Education of Evanston High School DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Trustees of Schools of Township 9 v. People ex rel. UpdikeIllinois Supreme Court · 1896

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Park RidgeIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
  2. Fiedler v. EckfeldtIllinois Supreme Court · 1929
  3. Routt v. BarrettIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
  4. Coalition for Political Honesty v. State Board of ElectionsIllinois Supreme Court · 1980
  5. People ex rel. Pickerill v. New York Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1945

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