City of Zion v. Christian Catholic Church

Mr. Presiding Justice Huffman

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action by appellee to cancel and have declared void a certain lease upon two lots located in the city of Zion, said lease having been made by the city council to Wilbur Glenn Voliva, as general overseer of the Christian Catholic Church. Appellee city was under the commission form of government as provided by Article XIII of the Cities and Villages Act, Ill. State Bar Stats. 1935, ch. 24, ¶ 323 et seq. (ch. 24, sec. 265, et seq., Smith-Hurd 1935).

It appears by the averments of appellee’s complaint and amended complaint…