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BARRETT v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Gen. No. 46,883.

11 Ill. App.2d 146 (1956)

136 N.E.2d 564

Charles R. Barrett, Catherine M. Barrett, S.A. Healy Company and M.J. Boyle & Company, Appellants, v. City of Chicago, John F. Ward, as Purchasing Agent of City of Chicago, Richard J. Daley, as Mayor of City of Chicago, Carl H. Chatters, as Comptroller of City of Chicago, Grafe-Callahan Construction Company, Tecon Corporation, Mittry Constructors and Johnson, Drake & Piper, Inc., Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

Released for publication September 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd D. Heth, Daniel M. Healy, and John J. Flynn, all of Chicago, for appellants.

Concannon, Dillon & Snook, of Chicago, for Grafe-Callahan Construction Company, Tecon Corporation, Mittry Constructors, and Johnson, Drake & Piper, Inc., certain-appellees; William H. Dillon, of Chicago, of counsel. John C. Melaniphy, of Chicago, Corporation Counsel of City of Chicago, for City of Chicago, John F. Ward, Richard J. Daley and Carl H. Chatters, appellees.

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCORMICK delivered the opinion of the court.

A complaint was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook county by the plaintiffs, as taxpayers, against the City of Chicago and certain of its officers, and Grafe-Callahan Construction Company, Tecon Corporation, Mittry Constructors and Johnson, Drake & Piper, Inc. (hereafter referred to as the Grafe group), to have declared illegal and void a contract entered into between the City of Chicago and the Grafe...

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