City of Chicago v. Galpin
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry V. Freeman, Judge, presiding.
1Per curiam
This was a bill for injunction, in the superior court of Cook county, by the appellees, Homer B. Galpin and others, as tax-payers in the city of Chicago, praying for a writ restraining the city and its mayor and comptroller from awarding or executing certain contracts with the American Development Company for furnishing g'asoline lights in the outer districts of the city, and to restrain the defendants from paying any money under the contracts, if already executed.
The two contracts set up in the bill were entered into September 22, 1897. One was for “2800 lamps (more or less) to be operated…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- City of Carlyle v. Carlyle Water, Light & Power Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Carlyle Water, Light & Power Co. v. City of CarlyleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889
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