Jordan v. Metropolitan Sanitary District

15 Ill.2d 369 (1958)

155 N.E.2d 297

BERNARD F. JORDAN et al., Appellees,

v.

METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO et al., Appellants.

No. 34732.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1958.

Rehearing denied January 22, 1959.

RUSSELL W. ROOT, and KIRKLAND, FLEMING, GREEN, MARTIN & ELLIS, both of Chicago, (THOMAS M. THOMAS, THOMAS F. SCULLY, and DAVID PARSON, of counsel,) for appellants.

MICHAEL F. RYAN, of Chicago, (ROY F. McPARTLIN, JR., of counsel,) for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

This case presents the question of the constitutionality of the 1957 amendment to section…