Legal Opinion

City of Chicago v. Mohr

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 23, 1905PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District';— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Edwin O. Brown, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs

The appellee filed a bill in chancery in the circuit court of Cook county for a decree restraining the city of Chicago from entering into or executing any contracts for the construction of a new boiler plant at the Fourteenth street pumping station of the Chicago water-works, and from taking any steps to carry out such contract or paying out any moneys on account thereof.

The amended bill, upon which the case was tried, alleges that the complainant is (a) the owner of taxable property in the city, and (b) a contributor to the city water rates and a water-rate payer. It alleges that the city is…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State ex rel. Clark v. Board of CommissionersNebraska Supreme Court · 1881

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Coller v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
  2. Smith v. Intergovernmental Solid Waste Disposal Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992
  3. 9 Fair empl.prac.cas. 174, 9 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9886 Rossetti Contracting Company, Inc. v. Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor, and Environmental Protection Agency, Defedants-Appellants, and John McElwain President, Board of Trustees, Hinsdalesanitary District, Dupage County, and Hinsdale Sanitarydistrict,dupage County, and Loitz Brothers Construction Co., Inc.,interveningCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
  4. Murphy v. City of GreensboroSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  5. Leo Michuda & Son Co. v. Metropolitan Sanitary DistrictAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981

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