Northern Illinois Coal Corp. v. Langmeyer

Mr. Presiding Justice Bardens

delivered the opinion of the court.

The Northern Illinois Coal Corporation, an Illinois corporation, and the Seminole Coal Corporation, an Illinois corporation, plaintiffs appellees, on July 19, 1949, filed their verified complaint in the circuit court of St. Clair county, Illinois, requesting that a permanent injunction issue against Joseph Langmeyer, highway commissioner of Lenzburg township, St. Clair county, defendant appellant, and further requesting that said appellant be restrained during the pendency of this action.

Appellees’ complaint states in substance…