Adams v. Brenan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Farlin Q. Ball, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
Appellant, a tax-payer of the city of Chicago, suing on behalf of himself and the other tax-payers, filed his bill in this cause March 14, 1898, in the superior court of Cook county, against the board of education of said city of Chicago, John A. Knisely, a contractor, and said city of Chicago, asking to have a contract between the board of education and Knisely declared illegal, and to restrain the defendants from carrying out the same or expending money thereunder.
The facts stated in the bill are substantially as follows: In September, 1897, the board of education entered into an agreement…
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