CITY OF AURORA EX REL. EGAN v. Y.M.C.A.

No. 33975.

9 Ill.2d 286 (1956)

137 N.E.2d 347

THE CITY OF AURORA ex rel., Paul Egan, Appellant, v. THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AURORA et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 25, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COOPER & DONAT, of Geneva, and CHARLES A. DARLING, of Aurora, (RICHARD L. COOPER, of counsel,) for appellant.

HAROLD L. BEAMISH, Corporation Counsel, for the City of Aurora and other appellees, and REID, OCHSENSCHLAGER AND MURPHY, of Aurora, (LAMBERT M. OCHSENSCHLAGER, and ROBERT B. HUPP, of counsel,) for appellee Young Men's Christian Association of Aurora.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal questions the validity of a deed of the city of Aurora conveying certain real estate to the Young Men's Christian Association of that city (herein referred to as YMCA). The plaintiff brought his action as a citizen, taxpayer and mayor of the city. The land in question was deeded to the city August 2, 1945, by Col. and Mrs. Copley and the deed of conveyance gave...

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