MET. SAN. DIST. OF GREATER CHICAGO v. VILLAGE OF ROMEOVILLE

No. 54017.

86 Ill.2d 213 (1981)

427 N.E.2d 170

THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO, Appellee, v. THE VILLAGE OF ROMEOVILLE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Buck and David L. Ruttle, of McKeown, Fitzgerald, Zollner, Buck, Sangmeister & Hutchison, of Joliet, for appellant.

Allen S. Lavin, of Chicago (James B. Murray and Jack L. Shankman, of counsel), for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The circuit court of Will County entered a judgment on the pleadings upholding the validity of two 1899 ordinances; one adopted by the village of Romeoville (Village), the other by the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago (District). The court declared that, under the ordinances, the duty to maintain the Romeo Road Bridge (bridge) rested with...

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