Sherlock v. Village of Winnetka
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by Joseph Sherlock, John Ellis and twenty-four others, tax-payers in the village of Winnetka, Cook county, Illinois, against the village of Winnetka and others, to enjoin the collection of taxes levied to pay interest on certain bonds, the validity of which the bill questioned. The opinion of the court gives the necessary facts of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
This case was before us at a former term, on demurrer, (59 Ill. 389), when the decree was reversed, and the cause remanded, with directions that the court below overrule the demurrer and permit the defendants to answer. On redocketing the case, an answer was filed, a trial had and the bill dismissed, and damages assessed at $350, for the wrongful suing out of the injunction.
On the trial, the proof showed that the corporate authorities of the village purchased the ground described in the bill, at the price stated; that they issued $18,000 of its bonds, in sums of $1,000 each, which were sold…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Johnson v. County of StarkIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
- Sherlock v. Village of WinnetkaIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
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- State ex rel. Wyatt v. VaileSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
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