PEOPLE v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 32432.

413 Ill. 83 (1952)

108 N.E.2d 16

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 17, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (GORDON B. NASH, and VINCENT FLOOD, of counsel,) for appellant.

JOHN J. MORTIMER, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, (ROBERT J. NOLAN, and PATRICK W. DUNNE, of counsel,) for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This case comes here on appeal from the circuit court of Cook County, challenging the constitutionality of section 13 of the Illinois Civil Defense Act of 1951. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1951, chap. 127, par. 281.

The State's Attorney of Cook County brought this quo warranto action against the city of Chicago challenging the legality of...

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