Flanagan v. City of Chicago

Mr. Justice John J. Sullivan

delivered the opinion of the court.

A decree was entered in this cause which after finding that the equities were with plaintiffs, that this proceeding was properly instituted and maintained as a representative suit and that $515,839.29 remained in the special assessment fund involved herein available for rebate to the owners of private property assessed to pay the cost of the construction of the Wacker Drive Improvement, ordered that $60,000 be deducted from the aforesaid sum and paid to the attorneys for plaintiffs for legal services performed and to be performed…