Radford v. Cosmopolitan Nat. Bank of Chicago

This is an appeal from a decree entered in the Superior Court on May 28, 1963, holding that the demolition lien of the City of Chicago is superior to prior encumbrances on the subject premises including the prior existing mortgage lien of the appellant, Supreme Savings and Loan Association. On the theory that the determination of the validity of a statute was involved the Supreme Savings and Loan Association, counterplaintiff, appealed directly to the Supreme Court. The motion of the City of Chicago to transfer the cause to this court on the grounds that “no constitutional issue had been…