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PEOPLE EX REL. ADAMOWSKI v. CHICAGO R.R. TERMINAL AUTH.

No. 34783.

14 Ill.2d 230 (1958)

151 N.E.2d 311

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Benjamin S. Adamowski, State's Attorney, Appellant, v. CHICAGO RAILROAD TERMINAL AUTHORITY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 20, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRANCIS X. RILEY, and ROBERT W. SCHERMAN, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM H. DILLON, of Chicago, (THOMAS E. DILLON, of counsel,) for certain appellees, and JOHN C. MELANIPHY, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, for intervenor City of Chicago, and FRANKLIN C. GAGEN, SAMUEL KASSEL, MARVIN A. JERSILD, ROBERT MITTEN, EATON ADAMS, NOAH WALKER, MAURICE A. GARVEY, all of Chicago, JOHN L. DAVIDSON, of St. Louis, Missouri, and JAMES M. WINNING, of Springfield, for intervening railroads.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a quo warranto action which challenges the validity of the Railroad Terminal Authority Act adopted in 1957. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap. 114, pars. 361-389.) The defendants are the Chicago Railroad Terminal Authority and the seven members of its Board of Commissioners. The city of Chicago and 14 railroad companies were granted permission to intervene. The case was heard...

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