Knopf v. Chicago Real Estate Board
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery exhibited by the appellees in the circuit court of Cook county, against the appellant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery exhibited by the appellees in the circuit court of Cook county, against the appellant. In substance the allegations of the bill are, the complainants were the owners, respectively, of taxable real property in one or more of the towns of South Chicago, Lake and Hyde Park; that the South Park Commissioners, a municipal or quasi municipal corporation, are invested by law with certain limited powers of taxation in a territory comprised of said towns, for the purpose of procuring" a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
It is a general rule of equity so familiar that the citation of authorities in its support is wholly unnecessary, that all persons, natural or artificial, who have any substantial legal or beneficial interest in the subject matter of the litigation, or who will be materially affected by the decree which may be rendered, are to be made parties to the suit. The rule is inflexible, yielding only when the allegations of the bill disclose a state of case so extraordinary and exceptional in character as that it is practically impossible to make all parties in interest parties to the bill, and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1869
- Calwell v. Prindle's Adm'rWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877
- Anderson v. McKayTexas Supreme Court · 1867
- Carpenter v. GrishamSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
- Gilmore v. FoxSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
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- Florida Land Rock Phosphate Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of Florida · 1905
- McMechan v. YenterIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
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