Village of East Springfield v. City of Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Owfn P. Thompson, Judge, presiding. This is a suit begun by a bill in equity filed in the circuit court of Sangamon county by plaintiff in error, the village of East Springfield, against defendant in error, the city of Springfield, praying that .defendant in error be enjoined from exercising the right claimed and asserted by it to govern and control plaintiff in error and its property, and that elections held on…
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Owfn P. Thompson, Judge, presiding. This is a suit begun by a bill in equity filed in the circuit court of Sangamon county by plaintiff in error, the village of East Springfield, against defendant in error, the city of Springfield, praying that .defendant in error be enjoined from exercising the right claimed and asserted by it to govern and control plaintiff in error and its property, and that elections held on the 10th day of September, 1907, in the village of East Springfield, and on the 7th day of April, 1908, in the city of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer
Defendant in error’s -first contention is that plaintiff in error has a complete and adequate remedy at law by quo warranto, and that equity therefore has no jurisdiction to entertain the bill. In Village of Hyde Park v. City of Chicago, 124 Ill. 156, it was claimed by the city of Chicago that the village of Hyde Park had been annexed to said .city by virtue of an election at which that question was voted upon. The village of Hyde Park filed a bill against the city of Chicago, as stated by the court in the opinion in that case, “to restrain the city from interfering with the property and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Village of Ridgway v. County of GallatinIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Town of Cicero v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- People ex rel. State's Attorney v. CowdenIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- County of Union v. UsseryIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- People ex rel. Bondurant v. MarquissIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
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