City of Chicago v. Town of Cicero
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. Appellee, the town of Cicero, filed a petition in the. circuit court of Cook county praying for a writ of mandamus, directed to the city of Chicago and to the authorities of that city, to compel them to furnish water at the boundary line between the said town and city from the water-works of Chicago, in sufficient quantities to supply consumers within said town, at no greater price than is…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding. Appellee, the town of Cicero, filed a petition in the. circuit court of Cook county praying for a writ of mandamus, directed to the city of Chicago and to the authorities of that city, to compel them to furnish water at the boundary line between the said town and city from the water-works of Chicago, in sufficient quantities to supply consumers within said town, at no greater price than is charged for like large quantities, through meters, to consumers in Chicago. The petition sets out section 26 of the act…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
Appellant questions the constitutionality of section 26 of the act to create sanitary districts, which is found at page 347 of Hurd’s Revised Statutes of 1901, and section 1 of an act approved May 14, 1903, found at page 113 of the session laws of 1903. The sanitary district organized under the first mentioned act included within its limits the more populous and the greater part of the city of Chicago, but did not include the whole thereof. Section 1, supra, enlarges the corporate limits of the sanitary district, and adds thereto those portions of the city of Chicago which were not included…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Mount Pleasant v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Daniels v. TearneySupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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- Shields v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Wilson v. Board of TrusteesIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
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