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VILLAGE OF LOMBARD v. ILL. BELL TELEPHONE CO.

No. 31288.

405 Ill. 209 (1950)

90 N.E.2d 105

THE VILLAGE OF LOMBARD, Appellant, v. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 18, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THOMAS A. MATTHEWS, of Chicago, for appellant.

SIDLEY, AUSTIN, BURGESS & HARPER, of Chicago, (KENNETH F. BURGESS, LESLIE N. JONES, HOWARD NEITZERT, GEORGE A. RANNEY, JR., and HENRY A. PRESTON, of counsel,) for appellee.

LOUIS ANCEL, of Chicago, (JESSE MARCUS, of counsel,) amicus curiae.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE GUNN delivered the opinion of the court:

A suit at law was filed by the village of Lombard, a municipal corporation, in the circuit court of Du Page County to recover a penalty of $200 per day from the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, a corporation, because of its failure or refusal to file a quarterly statement of its gross receipts, as required by ordinance 506 of said village. The defendant, hereafter referred to as the telephone...

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