City of Chicago v. Hanreddy
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Russell P. Goodwin, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Russell P. Goodwin, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery filed in the superior court of Cook county by the appellee, a resident and tax-payer of the city of Chicago, against the city of Chicago, its mayor and certain other officers of said city, to enjoin said city from constructing by day labor a portion of section D of the Lawrence avenue main conduit for intercepting sewers. The city and its officers, who were made defendants to said bill, filed an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
The city of Chicago is incorporated under “An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages,” approved April 10, 1872, and the position of appellee is, that the city, by virtue of section 50 of article 9 of said act, which reads as follows: “All contracts for the making of any public improvement, to be paid for in whole or in part by a special assessment, and any work or other public improvement, when the expense thereof shall exceed |500, shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, in the manner to be prescribed by ordinance,'—such contract to be approved by the mayor or…
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