Hughes v. Traeger
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Adelor J. Petit, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
The circuit court of Cook county sustained a demurrer to a bill in chancery and dismissed it for want of equity. A constitutional question being involved, the complainant has sued out a writ of error from this court.
The object of the bill was to-have declared unconstitutional the act of the General Assembly approved May 31, 1911, providing for the formation and disbursement of a pension fund for civil service employees in cities, villages and towns having a population exceeding 100,000. (Laws of 1911, p. 158.) The act provides for the establishment and maintenance of a pension fund for civil…
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