TILNEY v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 8013.

134 F.2d 682 (1943)

TILNEY et al. v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILL., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weightstill Woods, of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Barnet Hodes, Joseph F. Grossman, and J. Herzl Segal, all of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before EVANS, MINTON, Circuit Judges, and LINDLEY, District Judge.


LINDLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek to reverse a judgment dismissing their suit. They are nonresidents of the state of Illinois and sue as members of a class, that is, patrons of the passenger transportation system of the city of Chicago, praying that the city and its executive officers account for and pay into the court for distribution to plaintiffs and others similarly situated the "traction fund" created by and emanating from the provisions of the municipal...

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