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FAIRBANK v. STRATTON

No. 34886.

14 Ill.2d 307 (1958)

152 N.E.2d 569

KELLOGG FAIRBANK et al., Appellants, v. WILLIAM G. STRATTON, Governor, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 15, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WINSTON, STRAWN, SMITH & PATTERSON, of Chicago, (HAROLD A. SMITH, and CALVIN SAWYIER, of counsel, for appellant Kellogg Fairbank, and WATKINS and MEYERS, of Chicago, for additional appellant Ferre C. Watkins.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN C. MELANIPHY, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, and THOMAS M. THOMAS, GEORGE H. DAPPLES, and THOMAS F. SCULLY, for appellees.

Decree affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, (Kellogg Fairbank, original plaintiff, later joined by additional plaintiff Ferre C. Watkins,) as taxpayers, seek to enjoin the purchase by the State Treasurer of a $25,000,000 revenue bond issue of the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority. They further attempt to restrain the Authority from expending funds to reclaim submerged lands under a lease from the Chicago Park...

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