Pettibone v. West Chicago Park Commissioners
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed in the Superior Court of Cook county on July 21, 1904, by the appellant against the appellees, the West Chicago Park Commissioners, the town of West Chicago, and John J. Hanberg, county treasurer and ex officio county collector of Cook county, praying for an injunction against the West Chicago Park Commissioners, and the town of West Chicago, restraining and…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Theodore Brentano, Judge, presiding. This is a bill, filed in the Superior Court of Cook county on July 21, 1904, by the appellant against the appellees, the West Chicago Park Commissioners, the town of West Chicago, and John J. Hanberg, county treasurer and ex officio county collector of Cook county, praying for an injunction against the West Chicago Park Commissioners, and the town of West Chicago, restraining and enjoining them from issuing, selling or otherwise disposing of one million dollars’ worth of bonds, or any part théreof,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The question, presented for our consideration by this record, is the constitutionality of the act of the legislature of Illinois, approved May io, 1901, entitled “An act to authorize the corporate authorities of towns to issue bonds to raise funds for the acquisition and improvement of additional small parks or pleasure grounds, and to provide a tax for the payment of the same.”
It is insisted by the appellant, that the act in question is in conflict with section 12 of article 9 of the constitution of 1870, which provides that “any county, city, school district, or other municipal corporation,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- West Chicago Park Commissioners v. McMullenIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
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