Schnell v. City of Rock Island
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. W. H. Gest, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
The circuit court of Rock Island county sustained the demurrers of defendants in error to the bill in equity filed by plaintiffs in error, as tax-payers, to enjoin the city of Rock Island and its officers from paying certain bonds, certificates and moneys becoming due on contracts entered into by said city, .and the bill was dismissed for want of equity, at the costs of plaintiffs in error. The writ of error in this case was sued out to bring the record here for review.
The facts stated in the amended bill, which are admitted by the demurrers, are, in substance, as follows: When the…
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