Goss v. Board of Education

Complainant appeals from an order sustaining a demurrer to his bill of complaint as amended and ordering that it be dismissed for want of equity. There is before us a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the subject matter of the litigation has terminated, leaving only for the consideration of this court a moot case or abstract question.

November 28, 1925, complainant, William Goss, filed Ms bill as a taxpayer, alleging that October 1, 1925, the Board of Education of the City of Chicago advertised for bids for lathing and plastering the Rufus M. Hitch school building in course of…