Ward v. City of Du Quoin
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the City Court of Du Quoin county; the Hon. Robert T. Cook, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shirley
Appellee, as a taxpayer and resident of the city of Du Quoin, filed his bill praying for an injunction to restrain the appellants, City of Du Quoin and Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said city, from allowing a claim of appellant, The Marwick-Mitchell Company, and from passing any appropriation ordinance for the payment from any funds of the city of said claim' or any similar claim. It was averred in the bill that at a meeting of the city council on July 7, 1911,- the council attempted to pass an appropriation ordinance and published the same on July 14, 1911; that the journal of the…
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