Westbrook v. Middlecoff
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for an Injunction. — Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ford County; the Hon. Colostin D. Myers, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at May term, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harker
This was a bill in equity filed in the Circuit Court by appellants, taxpayers in the city of Paxton, to enjoin the payment out of city funds, of $920.86, to John P. Middlecoff, in pursuance of a resolution of the city council directing the city clerk to issue a city warrant in favor of Middlecoff for that sum. A temporary injunction, as prayed for in the bill, was granted, but upon a hearing of the cause the injunction was dissolved and the bill dismissed at the cost of appellants.
It appears from the pleadings and proofs presented upon the hearing that on the 3d of July, 1899, the city…
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