CUSACK v. HOWLETT

No. 42562.

44 Ill.2d 233 (1969)

254 N.E.2d 506

JOHN F. CUSACK et al., Appellees, v. MICHAEL J. HOWLETT et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM D. HUNDLEY, of Washington, D.C., for appellants.

LEONARD RING, of Chicago, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a statutory taxpayers' action brought by five attorneys to enjoin the expenditure of public funds by a special committee of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly. The circuit court of Cook County granted leave to file the action. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 102, par. 14.) Thereafter the parties agreed to stand upon their verified pleadings, and the court entered...

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