Berger v. Howlett

Upon leave granted by the circuit court of Cook County, the plaintiff, Samuel S. Berger, suing as a citizen and taxpayer, filed a complaint praying for injunctive relief and for a declaratory decree that the Illinois Building Authority Act, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap. 127, pars. 213.1 —213.14,) and a supplemental act declaring it to be in the public interest for the Authority to construct a building in Springfield for the use of the Attorney General, (Laws of 1961, p. 3373,) are unconstitutional and void. Defendants, who are the State Auditor, State Treasurer and the members of the…