Sackett v. City of Morris

William L. Sackett and twenty-two others, residents and taxpayers of the city of Morris, filed a bill in equity in the Grundy Circuit Court against the city of Morris and its mayor and superintendent of waterworks, and obtained an injunction restraining the defendants from enforcing certain ordinances concerning water meters, and from shutting off water from complainants and others similarly situated, and from engaging in the business of buying and selling water meters. The cause was removed to the Circuit Court of Peoria county, where, on motion of the defendants, the complainants were ruled…