Zurn v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Cook county. The suit was brought by appellee, a citizen and taxpayer of the city of Chicago. The purpose of the suit was to enjoin the use of public funds of the city for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of an act entitled : “An act to provide for the eradication of slum and blight areas and the rehabilitation and rebuilding thereof through the medium of neighborhood redevelopment corporations, with powers of eminent domain.” Ill. Rev. Stat. 1943, chap. 32, par. 550.1 et seq.

The defendants named in the suit were the city of…